The Sustainable New Communities Program (green development standards) encourages and evaluates the sustainability performance of new development. It is a critical tool to facilitate and accelerate the delivery of complete communities that address the global climate emergency, as well as long-term economic, environmental, and social benefits for Brampton. The program also aligns with the Region of Peel's Healthy Development Framework and associated Healthy Development Assessment.
The Sustainable New Communities Program is a point-based system in which development proposals earn points for achieving specific criteria (metrics) organized around the categories of Built Environment, Mobility, Natural Environment & Open Space, and Infrastructure & Buildings. Proposal are required to achieve a minimum score (within the Bronze threshold).
Launched in 2015, a comprehensive update to the Program was recently approved, and will apply to new planning applications submitted as of July 1, 2022.
The Sustainable New Communities Program is a collaboration between the Cities of Brampton, Markham, Richmond Hill, and Vaughan.
