Focus areas and supporting studies
As part of the Peel 2041+ Regional Official Plan review and Municipal Comprehensive Review, we will explore policy changes in specific focus areas.
Find details on the various focus area projects and technical studies that are being undertaken to support policy development.
Have your say
Public open houses were held online for growth related focus area draft policies and settlement area boundary draft technical studies between September 21st through October 1st.
Due to Covid-19 related restrictions, the public joined various online forums to learn about the proposed policy changes and engage with staff. Information presented at these consultation sessions is available under Upcoming Consultations until Friday October 23rd.
Focus areas
The Region will be consulting on all focus areas throughout the consultation process. Read more about supporting projects and studies for each focus area:
- Age-friendly planning (approved and in-effect)
- Aggregates resources and excess soil
- Agriculture and rural systems
- Climate change
- Greenlands system
- Growth management
- Health and the built environment (approved and in-effect)
- Housing
- Major transit station areas
- Other focus areas (including cultural heritage, Indigenous engagement and waste management)
- Provincial Greenbelt plans (including Oak Ridges Moraine Conservation Plan and Niagara Escarpment Plan)
- Settlement area boundary expansion
- Transportation
- Water resources
- Wildland fires
More information
Find all council reports, consultation materials and supporting documents related to Peel 2041+ in the Reading Room.
Read about the Provincial Drivers that guide the Peel 2041+ Official Plan Review and Municipal Comprehensive Review.
Other information
A draft version of proposed Official Plan policies to date has been compiled to help track changes being recommended. The previous December 2018 Regional Official Plan Office Consolidation has been updated to now illustrate tracked changes for draft policies as of June 25, 2020. These tracked changes show proposed updates to the existing policies including draft deletions and additions for:
- growth related focus areas in green text (including growth management, major transit station area, housing, transportation, greenlands system, waste management, cultural heritage and Indigenous engagement);
- environment related focus areas in red text (including some updates to climate change, wildland fire, Provincial Greenbelt plans, agricultural and rural systems, and water resources)
The Policy and Mapping Summary Table provides a quick high-level summary of the key policy and mapping changes proposed through the Environment related policies/mapping in December 2019 and through the Growth related policies/mapping in June 2020.
This information has been prepared as reference for consultation purposes only, and does not represent adopted, approved or in-effect policies (see in-effect Official Plan and adopting by-law itself for current policies).
Draft Environment related focus area policies – December 12, 2019 within Office Consolidation (please refer to the June 25, 2020 version above to find all the latest draft policies)
The information on the maps listed have been prepared as a reference for consultation purposes only. The proposed maps give visualization of proposed policy areas and do not represent adopted, approved or in-effect mapping.
The in-effect Official Plan schedules and figures, adopting by-law itself and any amending by-laws or Local Planning Appeal Tribunal decisions must be consulted for the official data. See the Official Plan maps for all in-effect maps.
| Proposed schedules and figures | In effect |
|---|---|
| Schedule X1 Water resources system features and areas |
New schedule is being proposed. |
| Schedule X2 Source water protection plan areas |
New schedule is being proposed. |
| Schedule X3 Wellhead protection areas |
New schedule is being proposed. |
| Schedule X4 Intake protection zones |
New schedule is being proposed. |
| Schedule X5 Highly vulnerable aquifers |
New schedule is being proposed. |
| Schedule X6 Significant groundwater recharge areas |
New schedule is being proposed. |
| Schedule X7 Lake Simcoe Protection Act watershed boundary |
New schedule is being proposed. |
| Schedule X8 Niagara Escarpment plan area land use designations |
New schedule is being proposed. |
| Schedule X9 Oak Ridges Moraine conservation plan area land use designations |
Schedule D1 in-effect |
| Schedule X10 Aquifer vulnerability for the Oak Ridges Moraine conservation plan area |
Schedule D2 in-effect |
| Figure X1 Selected areas of Provincial interest |
Figure 2 in effect |
| Figure X2 Landform conservation areas in the Oak Ridges Moraine conservation plan area |
Figure 12 in effect |
| Figure X3 Wellhead protection areas in the Oak Ridges Moraine conservation plan area |
Figure 13 in effect |
| Figure X4 Oak Ridges Moraine conservation plan area partial service areas |
Figure 14 in effect |
| Figure X5 Potential locations of hazardous forest types for wildland fires |
New schedule is being proposed. |
| Schedule X11 Greenbelt Plan area land use designations *Note, this has been updated since the December 12, 2019 staff report - Schedule X11 |
Schedule D3 in-effect |
| Schedule X12 Rural System (formerly Prime agricultural area) *Note, this has been updated since the December 12, 2019 staff report - Schedule X12 |
Schedule B in-effect |
| Schedule Y1 Core areas of the greenlands system in Peel |
Schedule A in-effect |
| Schedule Y2 Major road network |
Schedule E in-effect |
| Schedule Y3 Regional road mid-block right-of-way requirements |
Schedule F in-effect |
| Schedule Y4 Rapid transit corridors (long term concept) |
Schedule G in-effect |
| Schedule Y5 Toronto Pearson international airport operating area |
Schedule H in-effect |
| Schedule Y6 Employment Areas |
New figure being proposed. |
| Figure Y1 Regional greenlands system – provincial plan natural heritage systems |
New figure being proposed. |
| Figure Y2 Regional greenlands system - core areas, natural areas and corridors and potential natural areas and corridors |
New figure being proposed. |
| Figure Y3 Conservation authority natural heritage system |
New figure being proposed. |
| Figure Y4 Aircraft noise exposure composite contours |
Figure 6 in-effect |
| Figure Y5 Toronto Pearson international airport operating area |
Figure 11 in-effect |
| Figure Y6 Strategic goods movement network |
New figure is being proposed. |
| Figure Y7 Waste management sites *Note, this has been updated since the June 25, 2020 staff report Figure Y7 |
Figure 10 in-effect |
| Figure Y8 Existing and long-term cycling network *Note, this was prepared after the June 25, 2020 staff report. |
New figure is being proposed. |
| Figure Y9 Existing and long-term pedestrian network *Note, this was prepared after the June 25, 2020 staff report. |
New figure is being proposed. |
