Ontario Land Tribunal
Tribunal ontarien de l’aménagement du territoire
ISSUE DATE: June 05, 2025
CASE NO.: OLT-25-000250
PROCEEDING COMMENCED UNDER subsection 53(19) of the Planning Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. P. 13, as amended.
Appellant: County of Middlesex
Applicant: Peter Gubbels
Subject: Consent to Sever
Description: To facilitate severance for dwelling
Reference Number: B22-2024
Property Address: 8040 Irish Drive
Municipality/UT: Strathroy-Caradoc/Middlesex
OLT Case No: OLT-25-000250
OLT Lead Case No: OLT-25-000250
OLT Case Name: County of Middlesex v Strathroy-Caradoc (Municipality)
BEFORE:
GREGORY INGRAM
MEMBER
Monday, the 26^th^ day of May, 2025
UPON APPEAL having been brought by the County of Middlesex, under section 53(19) of the Planning Act, regarding an application by Peter Gubbels (“LCP Farms Inc.”) to permit the severance of approximately one acre of farmland from a 49-acre parcel. The foundation remains from a dwelling that was removed in 2005. The entire parcel is owned by Roger and Nancy Lefebvre and is located at municipal address 8040 Irish Drive in the Municipality of Strathroy-Caradoc within the County of Middlesex.
The Committee of Adjustment for the Municipality of Strathroy-Caradoc received the application and approved it at their March 2025 meeting. A Planning Staff Report recommended that the application be denied.
The Municipality of Strathroy-Caradoc has indicated that they will not be participating in these proceedings.
AND THE TRIBUNAL marked as Exhibit 1 the Affidavit of Service attesting to proper Notice having been given for this Case Management Conference (“CMC”) and proceeded to conduct a CMC on May 26, 2025, held by videoconference;
AND THE TRIBUNAL confirmed the Parties’ awareness of Tribunal-led mediation;
AND THE TRIBUNAL at the CMC set a hearing to commence on Wednesday, October 1, 2025, by videoconference and beginning at 10 a.m. The Parties will submit a Joint Document Book to the Tribunal by Friday, September 19, 2025.
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“Matthew D.J. Bryan”
MATTHEW D.J. BRYAN
REGISTRAR
Ontario Land Tribunal
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Attachment 1
CMC Attendance List
Party Name
Counsel/Representatives*
County of Middlesex
Alex Ciccone, David Samuels
Dan Fitzgerald, Planning Manager*
Peter Gubbels and LCP Farms
Shereen Goncalves