Planning Guidelines
Policies & Guidelines
Our policies are under constant review to ensure they are up to date with provincial legislation and policies as well as contemporary environmental management approaches.
Expand the boxes below to view specific policies and guidelines
- Conservation Authorities Act
- Ontario Regulation 41/24: Prohibited Activities, Exemptions and Permits
- Ontario Regulation 172/06: Development Interference with Wetlands and Alterations to Shorelines (Revoked April 1, 2024)
- Policies and Procedures for Conservation Authority Plan Review and Permitting Activities (CALC Report)
- NVCA Planning and Regulation Guidelines (Under Review)
- NVCA Fee Policy and Fee Schedule (Updated November 2022)
- Integrated Watershed Management Plan 2019
- Watershed Plan
- Watershed Plan Strategic Review 2006
- Black Ash Creek Subwatershed Plan
- Black Ash Creek Subwatershed Plan Figures 1-6
- Black Ash Creek Appendices
- Innisfil Creek Subwatershed Plan
- Innisfil Creek Appendices A-C
- Innisfil Creek Appendices D-
- Innisfil Creek Appendices G
- Innisfil Creek Subwatershed Maps 1-6
- Innisfil Creek Subwatershed Maps 7-11
- Willow Creek Subwatershed Plan
- Willow Creek Subwatershed Maps 1-4
- Willow Creek Subwatershed Maps 5-8
- Willow Creek Subwatershed Plan Appendices
- Procedural Guideline for the Placement of Large Quantities of Fill
- Ponds Policy
- Procedures for the Implementation of Ontario Regulation 172/06 (currently being revised to reference Ontario Regulation 41/24)
- NVCA Emergency Shoreline or Watercourse Alteration Permit Protocol
- Achieving Net Gains through Ecological Offsetting
- Consent Minor Variance Agreement
- MNRF MMAH Conservation Authority Planning MOU
- NVCA Adjala Tosorontio Planning Services MOU
- Barrie & NVCA Planning Services Agreement
- Bradford West Gwillimbury & NVCA Planning Protocol Agreement
- Caledon & NVCA Planning Protocol Agreement
- Clearview & NVCA Planning Services Agreement
- Collingwood & NVCA Municipal Partnership & Service Agreement
- Essa & NVCA Municipal Partnership & Service Agreement
- Innisfil & NVCA Planning Protocol Agreement
- Mono & NVCA Planning Service Agreement
- Mulmur & NVCA Low Risk Screening Protocol
- New Tecumseth & NVCA Planning Protocol Agreement
- New Tecumseth & NVCA Large Fill Project Protocol
- Oro Medonte & NVCA Planning Protocol Agreement
- Peel & NVCA Planning Protocol Agreement
- Shelburne & NVCA Planning Services Agreement
- Simcoe & NVCA Planning Protocol Agreement
- Springwater NVCA Planning Services Protocol
- Wasaga Beach & NVCA Planning Protocol Agreement
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Not in the the Nottawasaga Watershed? Contact your local conservation authority here:
Grand River Conservation Authority
Lake Simcoe Region Conservation Authority
Grey Sauble Conservation Authority