OLT 2025

The claimants filed a claim against the respondent for the determination of compensation under subsection 26(1) of the Expropriations Act regarding a property in Toronto.

The parties subsequently reached a settlement and consented to the withdrawal of the claim.

The Ontario Land Tribunal ordered that the matter be dismissed with prejudice and without costs.

The moving party municipality brought a motion to dismiss the responding party's appeal of a Committee of Adjustment decision denying a minor variance for building height.

The municipality argued the notice of appeal failed to disclose any genuine land use planning grounds.

The Tribunal agreed, finding the notice of appeal did not identify any tenable issue requiring adjudication under subsection 45(17)(a)(i) of the Planning Act.

The motion was granted and the appeal was dismissed.

This decision arises from a Case Management Conference regarding an appeal of the City's refusal to amend the Official Plan and Zoning By-law to permit a 45-storey residential tower.

The Tribunal granted party status to two adjacent property owners and participant status to several local residents.

A 10-day hearing was scheduled for April 2026, and a procedural order was issued to govern the proceedings.

The Ontario Land Tribunal issued an order scheduling a further Case Management Conference for October 15, 2025, regarding appeals of the City of Ottawa's adoption of Official Plan Amendment No. 3.

The scheduling order was made after the parties advised that settlement discussions had advanced.

The applicant appealed the failure of the municipality to make a decision regarding proposed Official Plan and Zoning By-law amendments for an aggregate operation.

Following a 26-day hearing, the Tribunal issued an Interim Order approving the amendments but withheld its Final Order pending the fulfillment of certain conditions.

Having received confirmation that the conditions were satisfied, the Tribunal issued its Final Order directing the Ministry of Natural Resources to issue the aggregate licence to the applicant.

The Ontario Land Tribunal issued an amending decision to correct technical and typographical errors in its previous decision dated July 22, 2025.

The amendments included replacing a paragraph regarding a party's position on a technical error and correcting the spelling of counsel's name.

In all other respects, the original decision remains unchanged.

The Tribunal received a request on consent of the parties to amend a procedural timeline in an ongoing appeal regarding the construction of three residential towers in Cambridge.

The Tribunal ordered that the deadline for parties to exchange expert witness statements be extended from July 30, 2025, to August 11, 2025.

In all other respects, the procedural order remains the same.

The applicant appealed the Town's failure to make a decision on applications to amend the Official Plan and Zoning By-law to permit a two-storey place of worship.

Following a productive Tribunal-led mediation, the parties requested additional hearing dates to allow for continued mediation.

The Tribunal scheduled a two-day hearing, which may be converted to a settlement hearing if a resolution is reached, and directed the filing of a revised Procedural Order.

The applicant appealed a site plan matter to the Ontario Land Tribunal for a mixed-use development.

Following an interim order approving the site plan drawings in principle subject to pre-clearance conditions, the parties advised the Tribunal that all conditions had been satisfied.

The Tribunal issued a final order allowing the appeal and approving the site plan drawings subject to post-clearance conditions.

This was the third Case Management Conference regarding appeals of the City of Toronto's Zoning By-law No. 63-2024 for the Yonge-Eglinton Secondary Plan area.

Several appeals were withdrawn, and the remaining appellants agreed to scope their appeals to be site-specific and adjourn them sine die.

The Tribunal acknowledged the withdrawals, adjourned the remaining site-specific appeals sine die, released the scheduled 10-day hearing dates, and directed the parties to provide a status update within one year.

The Ontario Land Tribunal held a fourth Case Management Conference regarding appeals of the City of Richmond Hill's Official Plan Amendment No. 18.6.

The Tribunal issued a Procedural Order and scheduled a seven-day merit hearing to commence by video on April 13, 2026.

The appellant appealed the County of Northumberland's failure to make a decision on an application for an Official Plan Amendment to change the land use designation of the subject property from Agricultural to Rural Settlement Area.

At the first Case Management Conference, the parties advised they were engaged in ongoing settlement discussions and jointly requested a second CMC.

The Tribunal scheduled a second CMC for November 20, 2025, and directed the parties to submit a draft procedural order and issues list if a resolution is not reached.

The appellant appealed the City of Ottawa's refusal of a Zoning By-law Amendment application to permit the construction of five additional dwelling units by reducing the minimum total amenity area for an existing mixed-use, high-rise building.

The Tribunal found that the proposed reduction in amenity area to 2000 m² was consistent with the Provincial Policy Statement, conformed to the City's Official Plan, and represented good planning.

The Tribunal allowed the appeal in part, directing the City to amend the zoning by-law to require a minimum total amenity area of the greater of 3.454 m² per dwelling unit up to 579 units plus 6 m² per unit in excess of 579 units, and 2000 m².

The Ontario Land Tribunal held a Case Management Conference regarding an appeal of the Niagara Escarpment Commission's conditional approval of a development permit.

The permit allowed the conversion of an accessory building into an on-farm diversified use.

The appellants sought modifications to the final site plan conditions.

As the Commission indicated it would not participate in drafting the procedural order, the Tribunal issued a procedural order to govern the upcoming one-day video hearing.

The appellant appealed the Town of Oakville's conditional approval of its site plan application, specifically challenging a condition that required the subject lands to be removed from the Parkway Belt West Plan.

During a teleconference, the parties requested a further teleconference to update the Tribunal on the status of their request to the Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing regarding the removal of the lands.

The Tribunal ordered a further teleconference to be scheduled for November 3, 2025.

The applicant appealed the city's failure to make a decision on a zoning by-law amendment application.

The parties requested on consent to amend certain procedural timelines contained in the Procedural Order issued on March 31, 2025, leading up to the hearing scheduled for November 3, 2025.

The Tribunal granted the request and amended the dates for the meeting of like experts, agreed statement of facts and issues, exchange of witness statements, and reply witness statements.

The Ontario Land Tribunal held a first Case Management Conference regarding an appeal by Ledim Developments Ltd. against the Town of Ajax's Development Charges By-law No. 13-2025.

The Tribunal directed the parties to prepare a draft Procedural Order and scoped Issues List by August 25, 2025, and scheduled a second Case Management Conference for October 1, 2025, to set dates for a merit hearing.

The City of Toronto brought a motion for costs against a neighbourhood association for its failure to pay $500 in mandatory witness attendance fees after summoning four City staff to a hearing.

Despite multiple reminders and a prior Tribunal order compelling payment, the association refused to pay and unsuccessfully sought a review of the order.

The Tribunal found the association's conduct to be clearly unreasonable and an abuse of process, noting that the obligation to pay attendance money is a basic procedural requirement.

The Tribunal awarded the City $5,000 in costs on a partial indemnity basis.

The appellant appealed the adoption of Official Plan Amendment 59 (OPA 59) by the Municipality of Middlesex Centre.

The parties reached a settlement to modify OPA 59 to reflect a prior site-specific approval (OPA 46) granted by the Tribunal for the appellant's lands, which permitted medium density residential development.

Relying on uncontested expert planning evidence, the Tribunal found the proposed modification was consistent with the Provincial Policy Statement, conformed to the Official Plan, and represented good planning.

The Tribunal approved the settlement and modified OPA 59 accordingly.

The Tribunal held a second Case Management Conference regarding appeals by the applicant against the City's refusal of Official Plan and Zoning By-law Amendment applications for a residential townhouse development.

The parties agreed on a Procedural Order and Issues List, and requested a 10-day hearing.

The Tribunal approved the Procedural Order and scheduled a 10-day video hearing to commence on November 24, 2025.