Conservation Review Board

The Conservation Review Board held a pre-hearing conference regarding objections to Notices of Intention to Designate four properties.

The community group SORE Association sought party status, which the objectors opposed.

The Board granted SORE party status, finding it had a genuine interest, would make a useful contribution, and its addition would not cause prejudice or delay.

The Board also ordered concurrent hearings for the four related proceedings and directed the scheduling of a pre-hearing settlement conference.

The City of Toronto issued Notices of Intention to Designate several properties on College Street.

Three objectors filed objections.

At the first pre-hearing conference, none of the objectors attended.

The City moved to dismiss the proceedings.

Two objectors failed to respond to a subsequent direction from the Conservation Review Board and were removed as parties.

The third objector explained they had forgotten to attend but wished to continue and intended to call expert evidence.

The Board found the third objector's reasons for objection were not frivolous and their failure to attend did not amount to an abuse of process.

The motion to dismiss the entire proceeding was denied, and a second pre-hearing conference was ordered.

The Conservation Review Board held a pre-hearing conference regarding objections to a Notice of Intention to Designate the property at 65 Ward Street in Port Hope.

The Board issued a procedural order setting the hearing dates for February 2019, establishing deadlines for the exchange of witness lists and documents, and outlining the issues to be addressed at the hearing.

The City of Toronto issued a Notice of Intention to Designate the property at 276 Forest Hill Road under the Ontario Heritage Act.

The property owners objected, arguing the property did not meet the prescribed criteria and the designation was in bad faith.

The Conservation Review Board held a hearing to evaluate the property's cultural heritage value.

The Board found the property is a fine representative example of the Modern Georgian style and reflects the work of the significant architectural partnership of Allward and Gouinlock.

The Board recommended that City Council designate the property.

The Conservation Review Board issued a procedural order following a pre-hearing conference regarding an objection by the University of Toronto to a Notice of Intention to Designate a property.

The order set the hearing dates, established the list of parties and participants, and outlined the schedule for the exchange of witness lists, expert reports, and documentary evidence.

The Objector requested an adjournment of the Conservation Review Board proceeding regarding a heritage designation pending an Ontario Municipal Board hearing concerning the same property.

The City of Toronto and a residents' association opposed the adjournment.

The Review Board denied the adjournment request, finding that the heritage determination was not contingent on the OMB matter and that scheduling the hearing would best serve the just, expeditious, and cost-effective determination of the proceeding.

The Conservation Review Board held a pre-hearing conference regarding an objection to a Notice of Intention to Designate a property under the Ontario Heritage Act.

The Board granted party status on consent to the Annex Residents Corporation and two adjacent property owners.

The Board also granted an adjournment of the pre-hearing conference to allow the City Heritage Committee to consider a modified development proposal that would preserve the existing heritage building.

The objector initiated a proceeding to object to a Notice of Intention to Designate a property under the Ontario Heritage Act.

The objector subsequently failed to participate in three scheduled pre-hearing conference calls and did not respond to the Conservation Review Board's communications.

The Board found that the objector's conduct caused undue delay and prevented the fair and expeditious resolution of the matter.

Consequently, the Board exercised its discretion under Rule 15.03 of its Rules of Practice and Procedure to dismiss the proceeding.

The Conservation Review Board issued a procedural order following a pre-hearing conference regarding an objection to a Notice of Intention to Designate a property under the Ontario Heritage Act.

The Board directed the parties to prepare an Agreed Statement of Facts and set the dates and procedural requirements for the upcoming hearing.

The Conservation Review Board issued a procedural order to govern a written hearing regarding objections to the Municipality of Chatham-Kent's intention to repeal the heritage designation by-law for the property at 90 Park Street.

The order established the schedule for the exchange of written evidence and arguments.

The Conservation Review Board issued a procedural order to change the hearing date for an objection to a Notice of Intention to Designate the property at 221 Mary Street under the Ontario Heritage Act.

The order sets new dates for the hearing and establishes deadlines for document exchange and witness lists.

This is a procedural order from a pre-hearing conference regarding an objection by R.D. Perkins Family Holdings Ltd. to a Notice of Intention to Designate a property in Cambridge, Ontario.

The parties advised of ongoing settlement negotiations but agreed to set a hearing date.

The Conservation Review Board scheduled the hearing for February 12 and 13, 2018, and set a further pre-hearing conference for January 4, 2018, to determine disclosure matters and whether the hearing will proceed.

During a pre-hearing conference regarding a notice of intention to designate a property under the Ontario Heritage Act, the parties requested an adjournment to allow for public consultation and settlement discussions.

The Conservation Review Board granted participant status to three individuals on consent.

The Board also granted party status to the Harbord Village Residents Association, finding it had a genuine interest and would make a useful contribution to the proceeding.

The Conservation Review Board issued a procedural order following a pre-hearing conference regarding an objection by the property owners to the Township's Notice of Intention to Designate the property at 221 Mary Street.

The order sets the hearing dates, identifies the parties and their counsel, and outlines the requirements for document exchange and expert witness evidence.

The Conservation Review Board held a telephone pre-hearing conference regarding a Notice of Intention to Designate the properties at 69 Long Branch Avenue and 24 Marina Avenue under the Ontario Heritage Act.

The Board ordered the parties to advise whether they will proceed with the scheduled hearing or request an adjournment.

The parties were also directed to provide their availability for a fourth pre-hearing conference.

The Conservation Review Board issued a procedural order setting the schedule for a hearing regarding an objection by the applicant to the respondent's Notice of Intention to Designate a property.

The order established dates for the hearing, site visit, and the exchange of expert witness disclosure documents and agreed statements of fact.

The Conservation Review Board held a pre-hearing conference regarding the City of London's notice of intention to designate the property at 4402 Colonel Talbot Road under the Ontario Heritage Act.

The Board issued a procedural order scheduling the hearing for January 30 to February 1, 2017, and set deadlines for the exchange of witness lists, expert reports, and documentary evidence.

The applicant property owner applied to repeal a designating by-law under the Ontario Heritage Act.

Following a pre-hearing conference, the Conservation Review Board ordered that the hearing proceed as a written hearing and established a schedule for the exchange of evidence and submissions.

The applicant property owner applied to repeal a municipal by-law designating her property under the Ontario Heritage Act.

Following a pre-hearing conference, the Conservation Review Board ordered the parties to hold an in-person meeting to exchange information and clarify the implications of the heritage designation and property tax relief program prior to the next pre-hearing teleconference.

The Conservation Review Board and Ontario Municipal Board issued a procedural order for concurrent hearings regarding a property in the Town of Bradford West Gwillimbury.

The owners appealed the Town's failure to make a decision on consent applications, appealed a minor variance application, and objected to a notice of intention to designate the property under the Ontario Heritage Act.

The order sets the hearing dates, order of evidence, and disclosure requirements.