ATTENTION Official Plan Uterr ON HOLD

NAPB at its regular Statutuory Public Meeting on 16 April 20266 passed

RESOLUTION 30-2026 Moved by Roger Glabb Seconded by Randy Hall

WHEREAS the North Almaguin Planning Board (NAPBoard) is a not-for-profit entity delegated authority by the Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing (MMAH) to deliver planning services for lands located in its six (6) unincorporated townships of East Mills, Hardy, McConkey, Pringle, Patterson or Wilson located in the District of Parry Sound in north/eastern Ontario;

AND WHEREAS the funding from the Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing (MMAH) has remained at the same rate since 2009 to fund the provision of planning services to the six (6) unincorporated townships of East Mills, Hardy, McConkey, Pringle, Patterson and Wilson which have experiences substantive growth in population and the desire of the landowners to manage their land assets for financial gain;

AND WHEREAS MMAH has directed the NAPBoard to increase its set fees for Consent applications instead of increasing the grant funding, which could mitigate the amount of fee increased required to meet operating costs, and over the course of its existence, the issuance of the MMAH operating fund has consistently been delayed, often to the third to fourth quarter of the provincial fiscal year, leaving the NAPBoard to rely on set fees to continue its operation;

AND WHEREAS an Official Plan is recommended by MMAH as per its planning policies and legislated in the Ontario Municipal Act, and would provide supportive information for the delivery of planning services for the lands located in the unincorporated townships of East Mills, Hardy, McConkey, Pringle, Patterson and Wilson; in particular in the event of defending its decision that has been appealed to the Ontario Land Tribunal (OLT);

AND WHEREAS the NAPBoard subsequently processed a Request for Proposal and awarded it to PlanScape in 2025 to commence the lengthy process of implementing an Official Plan for the subject unincorporated townships, on a scheduled payment schedule divided by the respective tasks involved, to which the MMAH responded in the fourth quarter of its 2025/26 year with less than half of the amount requested in the NAPBoard’s Business Case Funding application submitted in June 2025 seeking funding assistance of the Official Plan project, leaving the NAPBoard to bear the full expense of the Official Plan;

BE IT RESOLVED THAT the Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing (MMAH) be advised that the Official Plan project for the six (6) unincorporated townships of East Mills, Hardy, McConkey, Pringle, Patterson and Wilson that the NAPBoard commenced in 2025, is suspended until MMAH issues the NAPBoard an appropriate operating fund grant per annum in a timely manner, and also provides supportive funding for the Official Plan for the subject unincorporated townships.

CARRIED

IMPORTANT

Resolution 26-2026 passed 16 April 2026 (rescinding and replacing Resolution 67-2025)

1. The date on which a complete Consent application will be assigned to a particular statutory public meeting will be strictly enforced (no exceptions).

2. NAPBoard staff will not act as agent of the applicant(s) for the purpose of completing the Consent application form.

3. Section 10 of the Consent Application MUST be signed in person by the applicant.

4. To be considered complete, all Consent applications seeking the creation of a new lot MUST contain the following:

- A Consent Form (up to 2 Consent requests in each form) only typed for legibility (available on the napb.ca website with written instructions) [NO hand written forms will be accepted]

- The set fee for each Consent being requested (each new lot requested; a permanent easement or other process prescribed in Section 53 or 57) payable only by personal cheque or money order (NO CASH will be accepted)

- A professional planning justification report, which may be prepared by the applicant(s), however it is preferred that the planning justification report be prepared by a qualified professional planner. [often the survey firm hired to prepare the sketch will have professional lanner(s) to act as agent]

- A sketch prepared by a registered Surveyor, which depicts the new lot AND the primary property and adjacent lands

- Either Local Roads Board (LRB) confirming frontage on a year round maintained road for lands located in the unincorporated townships OR MTO comments for land with highway frontage

- North Bay Mattawa Conservation Authority (NBMCA) comments for feasibility of septic (unless in the serviced area of Powassan)

- Ontario Ministry of Agriculture comments if the new lot is within 750m of land with livestock activity

- Any other agency comments particular to the land in the area of the proposed new lot

- Title Report confirming ownership of the land by the applicant(s) and any relative encumbrance of easement etc., and/or copy of a Bona Fide Agreement of Purchase and Sale if the applicant is a potential purchase of the land (per subsection 53(1) of the Planning Act).

PUBLIC MEETING - START TIME

NAPBoard Public Meeting START TIME - see Agenda and/or Notice of Meeting

ENQUIRING ABOUT SEVERANCE

7 Oct 2024

NOTICE: To ENQUIRE

Please go to the CONTACT US section of this website, and fill out the Enquiry Form. It will be emailed to the NAPB staff for review and response. The Consent Application form is available on website napb.ca and paper copies can also be retrieved from Powassan reception.

For information on the process and the CONSENT APPLICATION FORMs are available on the APPLICATION FOR CONSENT SECTION of this website.

Declaration on Consent Application

Powassan Reception is open from 8:30am through 4:30pm - Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday (closed Wednesdays)

If you wish to have your Declaration processed by a Commissioner of Oaths, that service is available by Powssan staff for a fee.

PLEASE CALL FOR AN APPOINTMENT

IMPORTANT re PAYMENT OF FEES

14 Feb 2023

PAYMENT OF FEES TO THE NAPBOARD may only be made via:

CHEQUE

CANADA POST MONEY ORDER

BANK TELLER CHEQUE

CASH PAYMENTS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED

ABOUT THE PLANNING BOARD

The North Almaguin Planning Board (NAPBoard) is a quasi judicial body for the Unincorporated Townships of East Mills, Hardy, McConkey, Patterson, Pringle and Wilson, and the Incorporated Municipality of Powassan to deliver certain planning services prescribed in the Ontario Planning Act, as delegated by the Minister of the Ontario Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing:

Section 53 for land located in the six unincorporated townships identified above

Sections 51, 53 and 57 for land located in the Municipality of Powassan

Until further notice attending the NAPBoard office will require a set appointment. Please contact the NAPBoard by email or telephone..

Information can be submitted at the Powassan municipal office reception or after hours through the drop box on the exterior of the Powassan Municipal Building at 250 Clark Street.

Note you will be required to be screened and also wear a mask to enter the 250 Clark Street municipal building until such time as the Parry Sound Public Health Unit retracts that requirement.

Contact is available by telephone 705-724-6758 or email northalmaguinplanningboard2018@gmail.com