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Land Use Planning - Statements of Provincial Interest
Provincial Interest Statements
Statement of Provincial Interest on Infrastructure
  • Goals:
    • make efficient use of community infrastructure
    • particularly municipal water and wastewater facilities
  • Planning documents must:
    • promote cost effective use of existing infrastructure through:
      • infill
      • more appropriate density
    • support rational extension of infrastructure through:
      • clustering
      • directing of development to areas that can be serviced efficiently
    • deter urban sprawl and development that leapfrogs over serviced areas through:
      • establishing density standards more appropriate to rural areas
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