Kristen Harrison

The Tribunal held a settlement hearing regarding an appeal of the Township of King's Official Plan by Yellow Horizon Homes Ltd. The appellant sought site-specific modifications to permit an eight-unit residential development on its property.

Based on the uncontested expert planning evidence, the Tribunal found that the proposed modifications were consistent with the Provincial Policy Statement, conformed to the Growth Plan and the Oak Ridges Moraine Conservation Plan, and represented good planning.

The Tribunal allowed the appeal in part and approved the site-specific modifications to the Official Plan.

The Tribunal held a Case Management Conference to address remaining appeals to the Region's approval of the Township's Official Plan.

The Tribunal approved a settlement between the Region, Township, and 1186675 Ontario Ltd. regarding an aggregates storage and distribution yard, modifying the Official Plan accordingly.

The Tribunal also scheduled a hearing for Flato/Wyview and a further CMC for Yellow Horizon.

Several parties appealed the Regional Municipality of York's approval of the new Official Plan for the Township of King.

During a phased hearing process, five appellants reached a settlement with the Township regarding site-specific and area-specific policies.

The Tribunal accepted uncontested expert planning evidence that the proposed modifications to the Official Plan were consistent with the Provincial Policy Statement, conformed to applicable provincial and regional plans, and represented good land-use planning.

The Tribunal allowed the appeals in part to implement the settlement and scheduled a case management conference for the remaining Phase 2 appeals.