Item - 2020.PH17.9

The Planning and Housing Committee recommends that:

1. City Council request the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning to modify the Terms of Reference for the Planning Rationale Report required in support of planning applications to include a requirement that applications that propose residential uses identify in their Planning Rationale Report how the application proposes to address and provide for affordable and supportive housing in consideration of the Official Plan policies that seek to achieve a full range of housing including affordable and supportive housing; and

2. City Council request the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning to include in the Final Recommendation report how the proposal will contribute to the achievement of the Official Plan's policies with respect to the provision of a full range of housing including affordable and supportive housing.

The following gave a presentation on Development Pipeline:

- The Manager, Strategic Initiatives Policy and Analysis, City Planning

- The Planner, Strategic Initiatives Policy and Analysis, City Planning

- The Assistant Planner, Strategic Initiatives Policy and Analysis, City Planning

The City Planning monitors development activity in the city. This report and the attached bulletin summarize development activity in the city over the past five years. Information from the Division's Land Use Information System II and other sources have been analyzed to provide an overview of all development projects with any development activity between January 1, 2015 and December 31, 2019. Development activity refers to progress at any stage of the approvals and development processes, including application submission, development review, development approval, building permit application, building permit issuance, construction, occupancy and completion. The bulletin illustrates how the city has grown over these five years and how it may continue to develop over time.

In total, 435,069 residential units and 12,085,148 million square meters of non-residential gross floor area (GFA) were proposed by projects with development activity between January 1, 2015 and December 31, 2019. Of this, 148,797 residential units were approved but not yet built, and an additional 193,631 units were in projects still under review. There are 342,428 residential units and 9,791,833 m2 of non-residential gross floor area that are either under review or active, indicating a continuation of strong development activity in Toronto in the coming years. If all of these units were realized over time, they would increase the total number of dwellings in the city by a third.