Christie Gibson

This was the first Case Management Conference regarding appeals of the City of Toronto's Official Plan Amendment 615 (Yonge Street North Secondary Plan).

The Tribunal granted party status to the City of Vaughan and several corporate entities, and participant status to two others.

A further Case Management Conference was scheduled for April 14, 2023, with directions for the parties to prepare a draft Procedural Order and Issues List.

The Ontario Land Tribunal held a Case Management Conference regarding an appeal by the applicant against the municipality's refusal of a zoning by-law amendment application.

The application sought height exemptions to permit the construction of a four-storey dwelling and accessory structures.

The Tribunal granted participant status to a local association and scheduled a four-day hearing of the merits to commence on June 19, 2023.

A Procedural Order was issued to govern the hearing.

A Case Management Conference was held regarding appeals of the City of Toronto's Official Plan Amendment No. 183 and the Historic Yonge Street Heritage Conservation District.

The Tribunal scheduled a further CMC for July 2023 to allow the City to finalize a revised HCD plan and for parties to scope issues.

The Tribunal declined to schedule a merits hearing, finding it premature.

A request by a new property owner to assume a withdrawn appeal was deferred, with a scheduled motion date vacated on consent of the parties.

The Ontario Land Tribunal held a first Case Management Conference regarding an appeal by Northampton Inns (Whitby) Inc. against the City of Toronto's failure to make a decision on a zoning by-law amendment application for a 54-storey mixed-use building.

The Tribunal granted party status on consent to three neighbouring property owners.

A nine-day video hearing was scheduled to commence on October 17, 2023, and the parties were directed to submit a finalized Procedural Order and Issues List.

The Tribunal held a third Case Management Conference regarding appeals against the City of Toronto's failure to make a decision on Official Plan and Zoning By-law Amendment applications for a mixed-use development.

The parties consented to a draft Procedural Order, which the Tribunal approved to govern the upcoming hearing on the merits scheduled for June 2023.

The applicant appealed the Town of Aurora's failure to make a decision on applications for an Official Plan Amendment, Zoning By-law Amendment, and Site Plan approval to permit a multi-storey residential development.

Prior to the hearing, the parties reached a settlement revising the proposal to two 8-storey towers with 223 units and 14 affordable rental units.

Based on the settlement and uncontroverted expert planning evidence, the Tribunal allowed the appeals in part, approving the planning instruments and granting site plan approval in principle.

The moving parties sought leave to appeal an interlocutory decision of the Local Planning Appeal Tribunal that struck 8 of 15 issues from a draft Issues List during a case management conference.

The moving parties argued they were denied procedural fairness.

The Divisional Court dismissed the motion for leave to appeal on the basis that it was premature, without prejudice to the moving parties raising the issues at an appropriate time in the future.

A case management endorsement scheduling a motion for leave to appeal from a Local Planning Appeal Tribunal (LPAT) decision.

The court set the hearing date for October 26, 2020, by Zoom videoconference, and established deadlines for the service and filing of motion materials.