The Ontario government says Greenbelt land will not be part of a new subdivision it’s proposing to fast-track in Caledon, weeks after residents were warned the province planned to use its authority to develop on a portion of the protected area.
The township, located about 45 minutes northwest of Toronto, held a meeting on Thursday night to discuss a proposed amendment to a ministerial zoning order (MZO) that would have opened for development 141 hectares of what is mostly farmland near the future site of Highway 413 — an area that included 41 hectares of protected Greenbelt land.
MZOs are a planning tool that lets the province bypass local planning rules and expedite projects it wants built.
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