Doug Pateman

The appellant appealed the City of Toronto's failure to make a decision on concurrent applications for an Official Plan Amendment, Zoning By-law Amendment, and Site Plan Application for a 12-storey mixed-use building.

At a case management conference, the parties advised that City Council had made a confidential decision regarding a potential settlement, but it had not yet been released.

The Tribunal extended the deadline for submitting a draft Procedural Order to allow time for the settlement decision to be confirmed.

The Ontario Land Tribunal held a first Case Management Conference regarding an appeal against the City of Markham's by-law designating a property under the Ontario Heritage Act.

The parties had already exchanged written materials and proposed a three-day hearing on the merits.

The Tribunal approved the proposed procedural order and scheduled the hearing for February 2025.

This was the first Case Management Conference concerning an appeal by Format Lakeshore Inc. against the Town of Oakville's failure to adopt requested Official Plan and Zoning By-law amendments for an 11-storey mixed-use building.

The Tribunal granted party status to the Regional Municipality of Halton and Frastell Associates Inc., and participant status to Lorna Sinclair and Arbour Memorial Inc. The Tribunal also approved a Procedural Order and scheduled a seven-day video hearing to commence on February 18, 2025.

A Case Management Conference was held regarding an appeal by the applicant against the respondent's decision to designate a property under the Ontario Heritage Act.

The Tribunal directed the parties to prepare a procedural order, set hearing dates for January 2025, and issued the procedural order to govern the future conduct of the proceeding.

The applicant appealed the City's failure to make a decision on official plan and zoning by-law amendment applications for a proposed mixed-use high-rise development.

At the first Case Management Conference, the Tribunal granted party status to the Regional Municipality of Waterloo and Air Liquide Canada Inc. The Tribunal declined the applicant's request to link Air Liquide's party status to disclosure obligations, directing that disclosure issues be addressed separately.

A second Case Management Conference was scheduled to finalize the procedural order and address any outstanding disclosure motions.

The Ontario Land Tribunal issued a procedural order governing the procedures leading up to an eight-day hearing scheduled for April 2, 2024.

The hearing concerns appeals by the applicant regarding the municipality's failure to make a decision on proposed official plan and zoning by-law amendments, as well as a site plan application.