The County of Grey brought a motion seeking a determination that an amendment to the County Official Plan was required to permit a 37-unit residential farm cooperative proposed by Thornbury Acres Holdings Inc. The County and the Town of Blue Mountain argued that the proposed development, which would operate as a vacant land condominium, was not a bona fide cooperative under the Co-operative Corporations Act.
The Tribunal dismissed the motion, finding that the Official Plan did not require a residential farm cooperative to be constituted under the Co-operative Corporations Act, which regulates governance rather than land use.
