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Provincial Planning and Environmental Services Branch
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The Provincial Planning and Environmental Services Branch was created in 1999 from a restructuring of the former Municipal Planning Policy Branch in the Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing.
Initially, the Provincial Policy and Environmental Services Branch included the following sections: Municipal Planning Legislation and Policy; Provincial Planning Policy; Provincial Planning Services; and Planning Projects and Mapping Services. The Branch was located in the Provincial-Municipal Relations Division until 2002 after which it became part of the Planning and Development Division.
The Municipal Planning Legislation and Policy section was renamed Legislation and Research in 2001 with a continuing purpose to further develop and implement Planning Reform. The Provincial Planning Policy section became simply Planning Policy in 2001 and aims to provide land use planning policy tools and expertise to Government and stakeholders. The Provincial Planning Services section shortened its name to Planning Services in 2001 and it continues to manage and monitor legislation related to the protection of greenspace. The Planning Projects and Mapping Services section was renamed Business Services and Mapping GIS in 2001 and then renamed again in 2002 as Information Integration and Analysis. The purpose of Information Integration and Analysis is to promote and improve the use of Geographic Informations Systems.
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The Provincial Planning and Environmental Services Branch develops policies and legislation relating to land use planning and the Planning Act in Ontario. The Branch also develops plans and area specific policy statements both in anticipation and in response to government initiatives and priorities relating to land use planning.
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RAD: Rules for Archival Description, 2nd edn (2008)
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2026-11-16: migrated to AtoM
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KWIC Index to Services, 1998-2006
Government of Ontario Telephone Directories, 1998-2006
Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing intranet site
Maintenance notes
needs close date - some time between Nov. 2006 and April 2010; closed between 2007 and 2008
Archivist(s):
Diamond, Emily C