Ontario Land Tribunal
Tribunal ontarien de l’aménagement du territoire
ISSUE DATE: September 3, 2025
CASE NO.: OLT-25-000008
PROCEEDING COMMENCED UNDER subsection 22(7) of the Planning Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. P. 13, as amended.
Applicant/Appellant: Lewis 286 Development Inc.
Subject: Request to amend the Official Plan – Refusal of request
Description: To facilitate the development of 309 residential units.
Reference Number: UHOPA-24-007
Property Address: 286 Lewis Road
Municipality/UT: Hamilton/Hamilton
OLT Case No: OLT-25-000008
OLT Lead Case No: OLT-25-000008
OLT Case Name: Lewis 286 Development Inc. v. Hamilton (City)
PROCEEDING COMMENCED UNDER section 34(11) of the Planning Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. P. 13, as amended.
Subject: Application to amend the Zoning By-law – Refusal of application
Description: To facilitate the development of 309 residential units.
Reference Number: ZAC-24-022
Property Address: 286 Lewis Street
Municipality/UT: Hamilton/Hamilton
OLT Case No: OLT-25-000009
OLT Lead Case No: OLT-25-000008
PROCEEDING COMMENCED UNDER section 51(39) of the Planning Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. P. 13, as amended.
Subject: Proposed Plan of Subdivision - Refusal by Approval Authority
Description: To facilitate the development of 309 residential units.
Reference Number: 25T-202402
Property Address: 286 Lewis Street
Municipality/UT: Hamilton/Hamilton
OLT Case No: OLT-25-000010
OLT Lead Case No: OLT-25-000008
BEFORE:
C. Hardy
VICE-CHAIR
Wednesday, the 3rd day of September, 2025
THE TRIBUNAL having issued the Procedural Order on July 31, 2025, for the purpose of governing the required procedures leading up to the 10-day hearing originally commencing on September 26, 2025, which was reduced on consent of the Parties to six days commencing on October 2, 2025 then continuing from October 6 – 10, 2025, not sitting on October 3, 2025;
AND THE TRIBUNAL having issued an amended Procedural Order on August 15, 2025 at the request of the Parties to amend various procedural deadlines in the Procedural Order;
AND THE TRIBUNAL having issued a further amended Procedural Order on August 26, 2025 to further amend various procedural deadlines in the Procedural Order;
AND THE TRIBUNAL having received a request, on consent of the Parties, to further amend some of the procedural timelines contained in the Procedural Order;
THE TRIBUNAL ORDERS that the following dates from the Procedural Order are amended:
Parties to exchange witness statements and expert witness statements (paragraph 13) changed from September 2, 2025, to September 9, 2025;
Parties to exchange reply witness statements and expert witness statements (paragraph 15) changed from September 12, 2025, to September 16, 2025;
Parties to exchange visual evidence and joint document book (paragraph 16) changed from September 16, 2025, to September 23, 2025;
Parties shall provide a draft hearing plan (paragraph 17) changed from September 19, 2025, to September 26, 2025.
“Matthew D.J. Bryan”
MATTHEW D.J. BRYAN
REGISTRAR
Ontario Land Tribunal
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