Ontario Land Tribunal
Tribunal ontarien de l’aménagement du territoire
ISSUE DATE: November 14, 2025
CASE NO.: OLT-23-000924
PROCEEDING COMMENCED UNDER subsection 22(7) of the Planning Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. P.13, as amended
Appellant: Concen Development Limited
Subject: Request to amend the Official Plan – Failure to adopt the requested amendment
Description: To permit the development of two 12-storey mixed-use residential buildings consisting of 700 dwelling units, 1,080 square meres of ground floor commercial space fronting on to Centre Street, a 1,205 square metre privately owned public space (POPS) and a Floor Space Index (FSI) of 4.08 times the area of the lot.
Reference Number: OP.22.023
Property Address: 1260, 1272, 1282, 1294, 1304, and 1314 Centre Street
Municipality: City of Vaughan/Regional Municipality of York
OLT Case No: OLT-23-000924
OLT Lead Case No: OLT-23-000924
OLT Case Name: Concen Development Limited. v. Vaughan (City)
PROCEEDING COMMENCED UNDER subsection 34(11) of the Planning Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. P.13, as amended
Appellant: Concen Development Limited
Subject: Application to amend the Zoning By-Law – Refusal or neglect to make a decision
Description: To permit the development of two 12-storey mixed-use residential buildings consisting of 700 dwelling units, 1,080 square meres of ground floor commercial space fronting on to Centre Street, a 1,205 square metre privately owned public space (POPS) and a Floor Space Index (FSI) of 4.08 times the area of the lot.
Reference Number: Z.22.045
Property Address: 1260, 1272, 1282, 1294, 1304, and 1314 Centre Street
Municipality: City of Vaughan/Regional Municipality of York
OLT Case No: OLT-23-000925
OLT Lead Case No: OLT-23-000924
PROCEEDING COMMENCED UNDER subsection 41(12) of the Planning Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. P.13, as amended
Appellant: Concen Development Limited
Subject: Site Plan
Description: To permit the development of two 12-storey mixed-use residential buildings consisting of 700 dwelling units, 1,080 square meres of ground floor commercial space fronting on to Centre Street, a 1,205 square metre privately owned public space (POPS) and a Floor Space Index (FSI) of 4.08 times the area of the lot.
Reference Number: DA.22.077
Property Address: 1260, 1272, 1282, 1294, 1304, and 1314 Centre Street
Municipality: City of Vaughan/Regional Municipality of York
OLT Case No: OLT-23-000926
OLT Lead Case No: OLT-23-000924
PROCEEDING COMMENCED UNDER subsection 34(19) of the Planning Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. P.13, as amended
Appellant: Concen Development Limited
Subject: Zoning By-law
Description: New City-wide comprehensive zoning by-law
Reference Number: By-law 001-2021
Property Address: City Wide
Municipality: Vaughan/York
OLT Case No: 002803
OLT Case No: OLT-22-002104
BEFORE:
W. DANIEL BEST
Friday, the 14th
MEMBER
day of November, 2025
THESE MATTERS being appeals of an official plan amendment, zoning bylaw amendment, site plan application and a site-specific appeal of the City’s New Comprehensive Zoning By-law 001-2021 having come before this Tribunal for a settlement hearing on April 11, 2025 (the “Settlement Hearing”);
AND THE TRIBUNAL having reviewed and accepted the land use planning evidence of Ryan Guetter contained in an Affidavit affirmed on April 1, 2025 and provided orally at the Settlement Hearing;
AND THE TRIBUNAL having issued an interim decision on May 16, 2025 (the “Decision”) withholding its Final Order, pending the confirmation of the City Solicitor that certain conditions have been fulfilled as outlined in paragraph 23 of the Decision,
AND THE TRIBUNAL having ordered, within paragraph 27 of the Decision, the dismissal of the appeals by the Appellant in respect of the City’s New City-Wide Comprehensive Zoning By-law 001-2021, upon the Tribunal’s issuance of its Final Order;
AND THE TRIBUNAL being satisfied that the pre-requisite matters identified in paragraph 23 of the Tribunal’s Decision have been addressed and being in receipt of the final form of the Official Plan Amendment and the draft Zoning By-law Amendment agreed upon by the parties;
THE TRIBUNAL THEREFORE MAKES A FINAL ORDER THAT in accordance with the provisions of subsections 17(50), 22(11) and 34(26) of the Planning Act, R.S.O. 1990, c.P.13, as amended:
The appeals are allowed in part and the City of Vaughan’s Official Plan and Zoning By-law are hereby amended in the manner set out in the draft Official Plan Amendment at Appendix “1” and the draft Zoning By-law Amendment at Appendix “2”. The Tribunal authorizes the municipal clerk to format the instruments as may be necessary for record keeping purposes.
The appeals by the Appellant in respect of the City’s New City-Wide Comprehensive By-law 001-2021 is hereby dismissed.
“Matthew D.J. Bryan”
MATTHEW D.J. BRYAN
REGISTRAR
Ontario Land Tribunal
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