Peter Johnson

The applicant appealed the municipality's refusal of a Zoning By-law Amendment and a legal non-conforming use application to permit a biosolid storage facility in existing wastewater lagoons on a property in a prime agricultural area.

The Tribunal dismissed the appeals, finding that the proposed use was neither an agriculture-related use nor a permitted non-agricultural use under the Provincial Policy Statement, relying on the Prime Agricultural Area Guidelines.

The Tribunal also found that the applicant could not rely on legal non-conforming use because the previous owner's use of the lagoons for its own wastewater treatment had ceased in 2017.

The appellants appealed Agricorp's decision denying a reseeding claim for 700 acres of soybeans planted in April 2005.

Agricorp argued the early planting did not constitute Good Farm Management Practice.

The Tribunal found that the appellants had extensive farming experience, planted during favourable soil conditions, and that Agricorp had unilaterally decided not to cover early-planted soybeans without notifying the insured.

The Tribunal concluded the appellants engaged in Good Farm Management Practice and ordered Agricorp to pay the $42,000 reseeding claim.