OPA 226 - Town of Caledon

The Provincial Growth Plan requires municipalities to maintain
an
adequate supply of employment land to accommodate the
employment growth forecasts and to plan for
protect and
preserve employment
areas for current and future uses
Employment areas are defined as Areas designated in an
official plan
for clusters of business and economic activities
including but not limited to manufacturing warehousing
offices and associated retail and ancillary facilities Provincial
Policy Statement 2005 The lands within Caledon s
employment areas are designated Prestige Industrial General
Industrial and Dry Industrial in this Plan
The Region of Peel has allocated the employment forecasts
assigned to it by the Province to the area municipalities The
employment forecasts for the Town of Caledon are shown on
Table 3 of the Regional Official Plan and Table 4 1 of this Plan
Through the Employment Lands Project undertaken as part of
its Official Plan Review the Region has forecasted
employment growth on employment lands and determined the
area of employment land that will be needed to accommodate
this growth This analysis is summarized on Figure 15 of the
Regional Official Plan The area
municipalities are directed to
designate an adequate supply of employment land The
employment forecasts and the employment land needs
identified in the Region of Peel Official Plan will provide the
basis for planning future employment
areas in Caledon
To protect the existing employment land supply
the Provincial
Growth Plan and Regional Official Plan direct the area
municipalities to include policies in their Official Plans to
regulate the conversion of employment land to non
employment uses Local official plan amendments to convert
employment land to non
employment
uses will require a
municipal comprehensive review and are subject to approval
by the Region of Peel The Growth Plan and the Regional
Official Plan list the requirements for the municipal
comprehensive review for permitting a conversion and also
indicate that major retail uses are not considered employment
uses in the context of the employment land conversion policies
In conformity with the Growth Plan and the Regional Official
Plan policies regarding the conversion of employment land to
non
employment
uses are included in this section The Town
of Caledon through a municipal comprehensive review will
determine whether the proposed conversion of employment
land meets the specified conditions and whether the
conversion is warranted to meet community planning objectives
such as the creation of high density mixed use nodes for
example Major Transit Station Areas
Development of employment areas will be primarily focused in
the Rural Service Centres of Bolton and Mayfield West and the
Industrial Commercial Centre of Tullamore
This will maximize
the existing and future labour pool existing and proposed
transportation linkages servicing systems proximity to
markets and develop a critical mass of employment
land
development in the Town Employment Land development is
also permitted in the Industrial Commercial Centres of Victoria
and to a lesser extent in Sandhill in a role that is
complementary to the employment
areas in Bolton Mayfield
West and Tullamore The function of Tullamore will be
reviewed to determine whether it should become a more
significant employment node and a Settlement Study Area for
Tullamore has been identified on Schedule A1 of this Plan
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