Consent for industrial lot boundary adjustment granted as it does not constitute development requiring comprehensive studies.
The applicant appealed the municipality's denial of a consent application to sever 2 hectares of vacant industrial land and add it to an abutting industrial property.
The municipality argued that the consent constituted "development" under its Official Plan, thereby requiring comprehensive land use and transportation studies to ensure a potential future bypass corridor was not compromised.
The Tribunal allowed the appeal and granted the consent, finding that the lot boundary adjustment did not change the property's potential use or constitute "development" that would trigger the study requirements.
The Tribunal concluded that any future physical development on the lands would be subject to site plan approval, at which time compatibility and transportation corridor protection would be appropriately addressed.
OLTOntario Land TribunalMay 24, 2022
