Commencement of Environment & Countryside Conformity Amendment Project

The Planning & Development Department has commenced the preparation of an Environment & Countryside Conformity Amendment (ECCA), as part of the Official Plan Review Program. The purpose is to implement Provincial initiatives (Greenbelt Plan & Provincial Policy Statement), the revised Region of Durham Official Plan, other legislation and City of Pickering and Conservation Authority initiatives respecting environment and countryside policies. The City has engaged planning consultants Macaulay Shiomi Howson Ltd. and Natural Resource Solutions Inc. to undertake this project.

It is anticipated that consultation will commence early in 2011.

Further detail on the ECCA project (see Reports PD 26-10 and PD 21-10, RFP-6-2010 and the Work Program) can be obtained from either:

• the City website at cityofpickering.com, then go to Planning & Development Department, then to Official Plan Review, then to Environment & Countryside; or,
• by contacting Steve Gaunt at sgaunt@cityofpickering.com  or at 905.420.4660, extension 2033, or by mail at Steve Gaunt, Principal Planner – Policy, Planning & Development Department, City of Pickering, Pickering Civic Complex, One The Esplanade, Pickering, ON L1V 6K7.

If you wish to receive further notices about the ECCA project, please contact Steve Gaunt as indicated above.

Official Plan Review Program