Under the Ontario Planning Act, you can appeal a proposed decision to approve the proposal to the Ontario Municipal Board. However, the Planning Act stipulates that you must set out land use planning grounds for the appeal, make an oral submission at the Public Meeting or make a written submission before the decision was made, and pay the Board s processing fee. The naming of streets is the responsibility of each municipality. Generally, the land developers would submit a list of street names they wish to use in their developments. These street names are then circulated to the fire, police and ambulance services to make sure that the street name does not already exist, is offensive, or difficult to spell or pronounce.
Most municipalities maintain a reserve of street names they wish to use.
These names often have a historical significance or represent a theme such as names of birds. Processing fees for subdivision approval are broken down into three stages. Stage 1 Draft Plan Review Review and approval of a draft plan of subdivision. Stage 2 Design Review Review of engineering design and subdivision agreement preparation. Stage 3 Construction Subdivision construction and agreement administration.