Raza Mehdi

The applicant appealed the City of Mississauga's failure to make decisions on applications for an Official Plan Amendment, Zoning By-law Amendment, and Site Plan to permit a 40-storey apartment building.

The City argued the building should be limited to 32 storeys and raised concerns about the floorplate size and amenity space.

The Tribunal allowed the appeal in part, approving the 40-storey height and 850 square metre floorplate, finding them compatible with the surrounding context.

However, the Tribunal required the amenity space to be increased to the standard 5.6 square metres per unit and excluded a narrow balcony from the amenity space calculation.

The Appellants appealed the Town of Caledon's refusal of an Official Plan Amendment and Zoning By-law Amendment to permit an 8-storey residential condominium on a site within the Humber River Valley Corridor and the Bolton Heritage Conservation District.

The Town and TRCA brought a motion to strike portions of the Appellants' reply witness statements, which the Tribunal dismissed, noting the difference between pre-hearing disclosure and trial evidence.

On the merits, the Tribunal found that while the site is suitable for intensification and does not pose an unacceptable erosion hazard, the proposed development's scale, height, and massing fail to conserve the significant cultural heritage landscape.

The Tribunal declined to approve the proposed development but did not dismiss the appeal, allowing the Appellants to submit a revised, smaller-scale proposal.