Integrated Review

• Challenges: Varying review times and schedules across different departments can make integrated review more challenging; may be more suitable for municipalities with fewer development applications.
• Successes:
  • Whitby, Ajax, Pickering: Designated staff from planning development reviews input from across different departments ensuring consistent input and no conflictual input is provided to the developer. This review has been appreciated by developers from input they have received.
  • Brampton: Uses a digital tool with a user-friendly interface for developers to mark yes/no on the matrix; collaborative review is undertaken by having all departments involved in the GDS review process submit their input via one document, thereby making it easier to identify potentially conflicting input form across different departments.
  • Toronto: Conducting an overall process review to improve collaboration in the development review, potentially implementing a shared online tool between all reviewers.