Identity area
Type of entity
Authorized form of name
Parallel form(s) of name
Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules
Planning Services
Other form(s) of name
Ontario. Provincial Planning Services Branch
Identifiers for corporate bodies
Description area
Dates of existence
History
The Provincial Planning Services Branch was created in 1995 after consolidation of several local planning branches and services under the Municipal Operations Division in the Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing .
The branch became Planning Services in 2001 in the Provincial-Municipal Relations Division of the Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing.
The Branch was reorganized in 2002 with the transfer of most land use planning responsibilities to the Planning and Development Division and the Provincial Planning and Environmental Services Branch in the Local Government Division of the Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing.
Places
Legal status
Functions, occupations and activities
The Provincial Planning Services Branch reviewed land use planning applications submitted under the Planning Act including official plans and amendments; subdivision and condominium plans; land severance applications; zoning orders; and road adjustment bylaws. It also reviewed and monitored municipal planning documents as well as providing planning advice and services to ministries, planning boards, associations and stakeholder groups.
Address
Internal structures/genealogy
General context
Relationships area
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Access points area
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Control area
Authority record identifier
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Rules and/or conventions used
RAD: Rules for Archival Description, 2nd edn (2008)
Status
Level of detail
Dates of creation, revision and deletion
2026-11-16: migrated to AtoM
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Sources
Ontario Government Telephone Directories
KWIC Index to Services
Maintenance notes
Archivist(s):
Diamond