Ontario Land Tribunal
Tribunal ontarien de l’aménagement du territoire
ISSUE DATE: June 19, 2025
CASE NO(S).: OLT-25-000075
PROCEEDING COMMENCED UNDER subsection 17(40) of the Planning Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. P.13, as amended
Applicant and Appellant: Crown (Bradford) Developments Inc.
Subject: Request to amend the Official Plan – Failure to make a decision
Description: To permit the development of the Subject Lands with a mixed-use building.
Reference Number: 30-008-2024
Property Address: 126, 136 and 140 Bradford Street
Municipality: Barrie
OLT Case No.: OLT-25-000075
OLT Lead Case No.: OLT-25-000075
OLT Case Name: Crown (Bradford) Developments Inc. v Barrie (City)
PROCEEDING COMMENCED UNDER subsection 34(11) of the Planning Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. P.13, as amended
Applicant and Appellant: Crown (Bradford) Developments Inc.
Subject: Application to amend the Zoning By-law – Refusal or neglect to make a decision
Description: To permit the development of the Subject Lands with a mixed-use building.
Reference Number: D30-008-2024
Property Address: 126, 136 and 140 Bradford Street
Municipality: Barrie
OLT Case No.: OLT-25-000076
OLT Lead Case No.: OLT-25-000075
Heard: May 27, 2025, by Video Hearing
APPEARANCES:
Parties
Counsel
Crown (Bradford) Developments Inc. (“Appellant”)
Jonathan Cheng Calvin Lantz (in absentia)
City of Barrie (“City”)
Bruce Engell
MEMORANDUM OF ORAL DECISION DELIVERED BY A. SAUVE ON MAY 27, 2025, AND ORDER OF THE TRIBUNAL
INTRODUCTION
1This was the second Case Management Conference (“CMC”) for this matter. The City had failed to make a decision regarding these Applications requesting an Official Plan Amendment and a Zoning By-law Amendment regarding 126, 136 and 140 Bradford Street (“Subject Lands”) within the specified time period.
2The Appellant filed the Applications to facilitate the development of the Subject Lands with a mixed-use building, composed of two residential towers, each 45 storeys in height, connected by a shared six-storey podium with commercial uses at grade. The Subject Lands have an approximate area of 0.39 hectares with 89.9 metres (“m”) of frontage along Bradford Street, and are located approximately 360 m east of the shoreline of Lake Simcoe.
3The Parties submitted a draft Procedural Order (“PO”); however, the Issues List had not been completed as the Parties were still undergoing discussions. The draft PO was not yet available at the date of issuance of this Decision. The Parties will have until Monday June 30, 2025, to complete and draft PO and submit it to the Tribunal.
4The Tribunal received a Participant status request prior to this CMC for Mr. Gary Bell. Mr. Bell is a neighbour and meets the relevant criteria to be a Participant. With no objection from the Parties, the Tribunal granted Mr. Bell Participant status.
5The Parties wished to schedule a Merit Hearing, but informed the Tribunal that if issues are resolved prior to the Hearing, they will inform the Tribunal Hearing dates can be released.
6The Tribunal directs that a 10-day Merit Hearing will be scheduled from Monday, May 25, 2026, to Friday June 5, 2026, at 10 a.m. by Video.
7Parties are asked to log into the video hearing at least 15 minutes before the start of the event to test their video and audio connections.
GoTo Meeting: https://global.gotomeeting.com/join/909787981
Access Code: 909-787-981
8Parties are asked to access and set up the application well in advance of the event to avoid unnecessary delay. The desktop application can be downloaded at GoTo Meeting or a web application is available: https://app.gotomeeting.com/home.html.
9Individuals who experience technical difficulties accessing the GoToMeeting application or who only wish to listen to the event can connect to the event by calling in to an audio-only telephone line: (Toll-Free) 1-888-455-1389 or +1 (647) 497-9391. The Access Code is as indicated above.
10Individuals are directed to connect to the event on the assigned date at the correct time. It is the responsibility of the persons participating in the hearing by video to ensure that they are properly connected to the event at the correct time. Questions prior to the hearing event may be directed to the Tribunal’s Case Coordinator having carriage of this case.
ORDER
11THE TRIBUNAL ORDERS its directions contained above in this Decision.
12The Member is not seized, but may be spoken to if there are difficulties satisfying its direction in this Decision.
“A. Sauve”
A. SAUVE MEMBER
Ontario Land Tribunal Website: www.olt.gov.on.ca Telephone: 416-212-6349 Toll Free: 1-866-448-2248
The Conservation Review Board, the Environmental Review Tribunal, the Local Planning Appeal Tribunal and the Mining and Lands Tribunal are amalgamated and continued as the Ontario Land Tribunal (“Tribunal”). Any reference to the preceding tribunals or the former Ontario Municipal Board is deemed to be a reference to the Tribunal.