A consequential administrative amendment to the Greenbelt Plan was made on August 15, 2024 so that the policies of the Provincial Policy Statement, 2020 (PPS 2020) and the Growth Plan for the Greater Golden Horseshoe 2019 (APTG) will continue to apply where the Greenbelt Plan refers to them to maintain existing protections for the Greenbelt following the revocation of the PPS 2020 and APTG.

Approved by the Lieutenant Governor in Council on August 15, 2024, through Order in Council No. 1101/2024 (effective October 20, 2024).

The Amendment

The following is the text which constitutes Amendment No. 4 to the Greenbelt Plan:

  1. Section 1.4.1 General is amended by adding the following new paragraph after the 2nd paragraph of that section:  

    “A reference in this Plan to the PPS is a reference to the Provincial Policy Statement, 2020 as it read immediately before it was revoked and a reference in this Plan to the Growth Plan is a reference to the Growth Plan for the Greater Golden Horseshoe 2019 as it read immediately before it was revoked.”