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(1), (2) Repealed: 2002, c. 17, Sched. B, s. 19 (1).

(3) Except as otherwise provided in this section, the Minister is the approval authority for the purposes of this section and section 51.1. 1999, c. 12, Sched. M, s. 28 (1).

(3.1) If the Minister has delegated any authority under this section to a council or planning board, in accordance with section 4, the council or planning board is deemed to be the approval authority in respect of the land to which the delegation applies for the purposes of this section and section 51.1.  2009, c. 33, Sched. 21, s. 10 (12).

(4) If land is in a single-tier municipality that is not in a territorial district, the single-tier municipality is the approval authority for the purposes of this section and section 51.1, except as otherwise prescribed.  2002, c. 17, Sched. B, s. 19 (2).

(5) Subject to subsection (6), if land is in an upper-tier municipality with an approved official plan, the upper-tier municipality is the approval authority for the purposes of this section and section 51.1.  2002, c. 17, Sched. B, s. 19 (3).

(5.1) On the day that all or part of a plan that covers all of an upper-tier municipality comes into effect as the official plan of the municipality, the upper-tier municipality is the approval authority under subsection (5).  2002, c. 17, Sched. B, s. 19 (3).

(6) If land is in a prescribed lower-tier municipality, the lower-tier municipality is the approval authority for the purposes of this section and section 51.1.  2002, c. 17, Sched. B, s. 19 (3).

(7) If land is in a prescribed single-tier municipality that is in a territorial district, the municipality is the approval authority for the purposes of this section and section 51.1.  2002, c. 17, Sched. B, s. 19 (3).

(8)-(10) Repealed: 2002, c. 17, Sched. B, s. 19 (4).

(11) The Minister may by order, accompanied by a written explanation for it, remove the power given under subsection (3.1), (4), (5), (6) or (7) and the order may be in respect of the applications specified in the order or in respect of any or all applications made after the order is made.  1994, c. 23, s. 30; 1996, c. 4, s. 28 (2); 2002, c. 17, Sched. B, s. 19 (5); 2009, c. 33, Sched. 21, s. 10 (13).

(12) If an order is made under subsection (11), the Minister becomes the approval authority in respect of the applications to which the order relates and the council of the former approval authority shall forward to the Minister all papers, plans, documents and other material that relate to any matter in respect of which the power was removed and of which a final disposition was not made by the council before the power was removed.  1994, c. 23, s. 30.

(13) If the Minister revokes the order or part of the order made under subsection (11), the council reverts back to being the approval authority in respect of all applications to which the revoked order or revoked part of the order applies.  1994, c. 23, s. 30.

(14) If an order is made under subsection (11) in respect of land that is located in a municipal planning area, the Minister may by order delegate to the municipal planning authority the power to approve proposed plans of subdivision which was removed from the council and the municipal planning authority becomes the approval authority in respect of the applications to which the order made under this subsection relates and the delegation may be subject to such conditions as the order provides.  1994, c. 23, s. 30.

(15) If the Minister revokes the order or part of the order made under subsection (14), the Minister reverts back to being the approval authority in respect of all applications to which the revoked order or revoked part of the order applies and the municipal planning authority shall forward to the Minister all papers, plans, documents and other material that relate to any matter to which the revoked order or part of the order applies and of which a final disposition was not made by the municipal planning authority before the order or part of the order was revoked.  1994, c. 23, s. 30.

(16) An owner of land or the owner’s agent duly authorized in writing may apply to the approval authority for approval of a plan of subdivision of the land or part of it.  1994, c. 23, s. 30.

(16.1) The approval authority,

(a) shall permit applicants to consult with it before submitting applications under subsection (16); and

(b) in the case of an approval authority that is a municipality, may, by by-law, require applicants to consult with it as described in clause (a).  2006, c. 23, s. 22 (1).

(17) The applicant shall provide the approval authority with the prescribed information and material and as many copies as may be required by the approval authority of a draft plan of the proposed subdivision drawn to scale and showing,

(a) the boundaries of the land proposed to be subdivided, certified by an Ontario land surveyor;

(b) the locations, widths and names of the proposed highways within the proposed subdivision and of existing highways on which the proposed subdivision abuts;

(c) on a small key plan, on a scale of not less than one centimetre to 100 metres, all of the land adjacent to the proposed subdivision that is owned by the applicant or in which the applicant has an interest, every subdivision adjacent to the proposed subdivision and the relationship of the boundaries of the land to be subdivided to the boundaries of the township lot or other original grant of which the land forms the whole or part;

(d) the purpose for which the proposed lots are to be used;

(e) the existing uses of all adjoining lands;

(f) the approximate dimensions and layout of the proposed lots;

(f.1) if any affordable housing units are being proposed, the shape and dimensions of each proposed affordable housing unit and the approximate location of each proposed affordable housing unit in relation to other proposed residential units;

(g) natural and artificial features such as buildings or other structures or installations, railways, highways, watercourses, drainage ditches, wetlands and wooded areas within or adjacent to the land proposed to be subdivided;

(h) the availability and nature of domestic water supplies;

(i) the nature and porosity of the soil;

(j) existing contours or elevations as may be required to determine the grade of the highways and the drainage of the land proposed to be subdivided;

(k) the municipal services available or to be available to the land proposed to be subdivided; and

(l) the nature and extent of any restrictions affecting the land proposed to be subdivided, including restrictive covenants or easements.  1994, c. 23, s. 30; 1996, c. 4, s. 28 (3); 2016, c. 25, Sched. 4, s. 8 (1).

(18) An approval authority may require that an applicant provide any other information or material that the approval authority considers it may need, but only if the official plan contains provisions relating to requirements under this subsection.  2006, c. 23, s. 22 (2).

(19) Until the approval authority has received the information and material required under subsections (17) and (18), if any, and any fee under section 69 or 69.1,

(a) the approval authority may refuse to accept or further consider the application; and

(b) the time period referred to in subsection (34) does not begin.  2006, c. 23, s. 22 (2).

(19.1) Within 30 days after the applicant pays any fee under section 69 or 69.1, the approval authority shall notify the applicant and the clerk of the municipality in which the land is located or the secretary-treasurer of the planning board in whose planning area the land is located that the information and material required under subsections (17) and (18), if any, have been provided, or that they have not been provided, as the case may be.  2006, c. 23, s. 22 (2).