Bill 25 explained in plain English
Restoring Planning Powers to Municipalities Act, 2016
Ontario legislature bill summary, status, timeline, sponsor, votes, and official sources.
At a glance
Official Legislative Assembly of Ontario snapshot for 41st Parliament, 2nd Session. Representative vote breakdowns appear when the Assembly publishes an Ayes and Nays page for the bill.
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The Restoring Planning Powers to Municipalities Act, 2016, amends the Planning Act to subject renewable energy projects to municipal planning rules by removing previous exemptions.
This bill amends the Planning Act. It removes exemptions that previously applied to renewable energy projects, meaning these projects will now be subject to the usual planning rules. This effectively restores municipal planning authority over these types of projects.
- Amends the Planning Act.
- Repeals specific definitions related to renewable energy projects from the Planning Act.
- Repeals clauses in the Planning Act that provided exemptions for renewable energy projects.
- Repeals a section of the Planning Act that dealt with renewable energy projects.
- Restores municipal authority over the planning of renewable energy projects.
- Municipalities
- Developers of renewable energy projects
- The Province of Ontario
- Municipalities regain authority to apply their planning rules to renewable energy projects.
- Renewable energy projects are no longer exempt from provincial policy statements, provincial plans, official plans, demolition control by-laws, zoning by-laws, and development permit regulations and by-laws.
- The Act came into force on the day it received Royal Assent.
- The bill text does not specify any transition rules for projects already underway or approved before the Act came into force.
Removes exemptions for renewable energy projects, making them subject to normal planning rules.
Source: Sections 1, 50, and 62.0.2
Removes definitions of 'renewable energy generation facility', 'renewable energy project', 'renewable energy testing facility', 'renewable energy testing project', and 'renewable energy undertaking'.
Source: Section 1
Removes exemptions provided by clauses 50 (3) (d.1) and 50 (5) (c.1).
Source: Section 2
Removes section 62.0.2, which related to renewable energy projects.
Source: Section 3
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