Erica Bayley

The appellant appealed the Township's Committee of Adjustment decision denying consent and minor variance applications to permit the severance of a property into four lots for 16 residential units (four fourplexes).

The Township opposed the development, arguing it represented overdevelopment and required a 3-metre road widening conveyance.

The Tribunal preferred the appellant's expert evidence, finding the road widening request unreasonable and concluding the proposed infill development was transit-supportive, met the four tests for minor variances, and satisfied the consent criteria under the Planning Act.

The appeals were allowed, variances authorized, and provisional consent granted.

The appellant appealed the City of Hamilton's failure to make a decision on Official Plan and Zoning By-law Amendment applications for a proposed medium-density residential development, including an eight-storey apartment building and stacked townhouses.

The City opposed the development, arguing it was incompatible with the neighbourhood character and would cause adverse shadow impacts on an adjacent school yard.

The Tribunal allowed the appeals, finding that the development integrates well with the surrounding area, meets the City's Sun Shadow Guidelines, is consistent with the Provincial Planning Statement, 2024, and represents good land use planning.

The applicant appealed the City of Waterloo Committee of Adjustment's denial of minor variances required to construct a three-storey mixed-use development with 32 residential units and commercial space.

The requested variances included reductions in residential and commercial parking requirements, a smaller loading space, and permission for at-grade structured parking.

The Ontario Land Tribunal allowed the appeal, finding based on uncontested expert planning and transportation engineering evidence that the variances met the four tests under the Planning Act, were consistent with provincial policy, and represented appropriate intensification.

The variances were authorized subject to conditions.

The appellant appealed the Committee of Adjustment's approval of minor variances to permit a 10-storey residential building with 98 units.

The variances sought relief for building height, parking rates, and corner visibility triangles.

The Tribunal dismissed the appeal and authorized the variances, finding that the proposed transit-supportive development was consistent with the Provincial Policy Statement, conformed to the Growth Plan, and met the four tests under section 45(1) of the Planning Act.