Appeal of planning amendments dismissed without a hearing due to deficient notice of appeal lacking mandatory explanations.
The applicant and the City of London brought a motion to dismiss an appeal of an Official Plan Amendment and Zoning By-law Amendment without a hearing.
The self-represented appellant had filed a Notice of Appeal but failed to provide the mandatory reasons and explanations required by the Planning Act to demonstrate how the amendments were inconsistent with the Provincial Policy Statement or failed to conform with the Official Plan.
The Tribunal granted the motion and dismissed the appeal, finding that the notice of appeal was deficient, raised no apparent land use planning grounds, and had no reasonable prospect of success, particularly given the uncontested expert planning evidence supporting the development.
OLTOntario Land TribunalSep 22, 2022
