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1.1.1

Healthy, liveable and safe communities are sustained by:

• a) promoting efficient development and land use patterns which sustain the financial well-being of the Province and municipalities over the long term;

• b) accommodating an appropriate affordable and market-based range and mix of residential types (including single-detached, additional residential units, multi-unit housing, affordable housing and housing for older persons), employment (including industrial and commercial), institutional (including places of worship, cemeteries and long-term care homes), recreation, park and open space, and other uses to meet long-term needs;

• e) promoting the integration of land use planning, growth management, transit-supportive development, intensification and infrastructure planning to achieve cost-effective development patterns, optimization of transit investments, and standards to minimize land consumption and servicing costs;

• g) ensuring that necessary infrastructure and public service facilities are or will be available to meet current and projected needs;

1.1.2

Sufficient land shall be made available to accommodate an appropriate range and mix of land uses to meet projected needs for a time horizon of up to 25 years, informed by provincial guidelines. However, where an alternate time period has been established for specific areas of the Province as a result of a provincial planning exercise or a provincial plan, that time frame may be used for municipalities within the area.

Within settlement areas, sufficient land shall be made available through intensification and redevelopment and, if necessary, designated growth areas.

1.1.3.1

Settlement areas shall be the focus of growth and development.

1.1.3.2

Land use patterns within settlement areas shall be based on densities and a mix of land uses which:

• a) efficiently use land and resources;

• b) are appropriate for, and efficiently use, the infrastructure and public service facilities which are planned or available, and avoid the need for their unjustified and/or uneconomical expansion;

• c) minimize negative impacts to air quality and climate change, and promote energy efficiency

• e) support active transportation;

• f) are transit-supportive, where transit is planned, exists or may be developed; and

Land use patterns within settlement areas shall also be based on a range of uses and opportunities for intensification and redevelopment in accordance with the criteria in policy 1.1.3.3, where this can be accommodated.

1.1.3.3

Planning authorities shall identify appropriate locations and promote opportunities for transit-supportive development, accommodating a significant supply and range of housing options through intensification and redevelopment where this can be accommodated taking into account existing building stock or areas, including brownfield