Don’t sit back and let Clarington Council reduce your property value and limit the future of our municipality, without proper public notification. Adding 9,500 acres to the Greenbelt on both the east and west side of Bowmanville, along existing traffic corridors particularly along Highway #2 between Bowmanville and Courtice and Newcastle and along Hwy. 35/115 […]
Once again Clarington has taken steps that will infringe on your property rights without full and open disclosure to the public. For the 3rd time within the last 2 years, Clarington property owners have discovered that they have not been notified of Council decisions that will impact their land and their families’ future. First, for […]
At Monday night’s Clarington Council Meeting, we saw Council work together, make compromises and pass a motion that will move forward the issue of the expansion of environmentally protected land (EP) in the rural areas. Over the past 20 months, hundreds of rural landowners have attended town hall meetings, written letters, emails and made presentations […]
New legislation by Doug Ford’s provincial government will override the powers of Ontario’s conservation authorities, limiting their ability to assess the environmental impact of developments across the province, according to environmental groups.
Tabling a motion to continue work on the proposed environmentally protected (EP) zoning amendments in rural Clarington has stalled and stopped all further work and discussion for months. During debates at Clarington Council and even more recently when responding to enquires, the Mayor, some Councillors and the planning staff have repeatedly stated that they were […]
At last Monday’s meeting of the Clarington Planning Committee Meeting, over 100 citizens were there to hear the staff report on the Minister’s letter to the Mayor. In his letter, the Minister said, “The lands brought into the EP Zone in Clarington include lands that are identified by the province as Greenbelt and NHS as […]
As we enter into a new year, Rezoning Clarington is continuing to work for the landowners in rural Clarington. Recently, the Mayor’s letter to Minister Clarke, Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing, dated September 17, 2019, and the Minister’s response to Mayor Foster, received on January 10, 2010, are at the centre of the controversy […]
Below is a letter from Mayor Foster to Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing Steve Clark. You can view Minister Clark’s response by clicking here. A PDF of this letter for print or download can be viewed by clicking here.
Below is the response of Steve Clark, Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing, to Mayor Foster’s letter. You can read Mayor Foster’s letter by clicking here. A PDF of Minister Clark’s letter for print or download can be viewed by clicking here.