OLT 2025

The appellant appealed the City's failure to make a decision on a zoning by-law amendment application to permit two 20-storey towers.

At the Case Management Conference, the Tribunal granted participant status to several nearby residents without objection.

The Tribunal scheduled a 20-day video hearing and issued a Procedural Order to govern the future conduct of the proceeding.

The appellants appealed a Committee of Adjustment decision refusing variances to regularize an existing gazebo located near a municipal drain.

The core issue was a requested reduction of the minimum setback from the drain from 10.4 metres to 0 metres.

The Tribunal preferred the appellants' expert engineering evidence, which confirmed the slope was stable and not prone to erosion, over the municipality's reliance on a 1988 drainage report.

Finding that the variances met the four tests under the Planning Act, the Tribunal allowed the appeal and authorized the variances.

The applicant appealed the municipality's failure to make a decision on a zoning by-law amendment application to permit the expansion of a sand and gravel pit.

The parties submitted a consent request to amend the procedural timelines established in previous procedural orders leading up to the hearing.

The Ontario Land Tribunal granted the request and issued an amended procedural order adjusting the dates for exchanging witness statements, filing agreed facts, and other procedural steps.

The applicant appealed the City of Mississauga's failure to make decisions on applications for an Official Plan Amendment, Zoning By-law Amendment, and Site Plan to permit a 40-storey apartment building.

The City argued the building should be limited to 32 storeys and raised concerns about the floorplate size and amenity space.

The Tribunal allowed the appeal in part, approving the 40-storey height and 850 square metre floorplate, finding them compatible with the surrounding context.

However, the Tribunal required the amenity space to be increased to the standard 5.6 square metres per unit and excluded a narrow balcony from the amenity space calculation.

The appellant appealed the Town's Official Plan, Comprehensive Zoning By-law, and a Site Specific Zoning By-law to facilitate an 88-unit townhouse condominium development.

The parties reached a settlement and requested the Tribunal to consolidate the appeals and approve the planning instruments.

Relying on uncontroverted expert planning evidence, the Tribunal found the proposed development consistent with provincial policy, in conformity with applicable official plans, and representative of good land use planning.

The Tribunal consolidated the appeals and allowed them in part to implement the settlement.

At a third Case Management Conference, the parties informed the Tribunal that a settlement had been reached regarding appeals for an Official Plan Amendment, Zoning By-Law Amendment, and Plan of Subdivision to facilitate 33 single-detached residential units.

The Tribunal ordered the vacating of the previously scheduled ten-day merit hearing, reserving one day for a settlement hearing to consider the merits of the finalized instruments and conditions.

The applicant appealed the City of Toronto's failure to make a decision on a zoning by-law amendment application to permit a 66-storey mixed-use building.

Following an interim order allowing the appeal in part, the City confirmed that all pre-requisite matters had been satisfied.

The Ontario Land Tribunal issued a final order amending By-law 569-2013.

The parties requested on consent to amend the procedural timelines contained in a previously issued Procedural Order regarding an appeal of the City of Sarnia's Official Plan Amendment No. 3.

The Ontario Land Tribunal granted the request and amended the dates for exchanging agreed statements of facts, expert witness statements, and reply witness statements.

The Tribunal previously allowed an appeal under subsection 34(11) of the Planning Act to permit a 15-storey office building redevelopment, withholding its final order until certain pre-conditions were met.

The City of Toronto advised that the pre-conditions were satisfied.

The Tribunal issued its final order amending Zoning By-law 569-2013.

The appellant appealed the City of Toronto's refusal of Official Plan and Zoning By-law Amendment applications to permit a 21-storey mixed-use building.

Prior to the hearing, the parties reached a settlement for a revised 18-storey building.

Relying on the uncontradicted expert planning evidence, the Tribunal found the settlement proposal consistent with provincial policy and in conformity with the municipal official plan.

The appeals were allowed in part on an interim basis, with the final order withheld pending the fulfillment of conditions.

Following a settlement hearing, the Ontario Land Tribunal previously allowed appeals in part on an interim basis regarding an Official Plan Amendment and Zoning By-law Amendment to permit two 15-storey apartment buildings.

The Tribunal withheld its final order pending the fulfillment of pre-requisite matters.

The parties confirmed that the sole condition for the Official Plan Amendment was fulfilled.

The Tribunal issued its final order approving the site-specific Official Plan Amendment, while continuing to withhold the final order for the Zoning By-law Amendment pending further work by the parties.

The applicant appealed the City of Cambridge Committee of Adjustment's refusal of consent and minor variance applications to sever a property into three lots.

The Tribunal allowed the appeal in part, authorizing minor variances for reduced rear yard setbacks and lot frontages, finding them compatible with the neighbourhood.

However, the Tribunal dismissed the appeal regarding reduced lot areas and refused provisional consent, concluding that the proposed undersized lots did not conform to the Official Plan's requirements for residential compatibility and were not in the public interest.

The Ontario Land Tribunal held a first Case Management Conference regarding appeals for official plan and zoning by-law amendments, and a site plan application, due to the City of Toronto's failure to make a decision.

The Tribunal granted participant status to a representative of a neighbouring condominium corporation.

The parties were directed to submit a draft procedural order and issues list ahead of a second Case Management Conference scheduled for July 2025.

The Ontario Land Tribunal held a Case Management Conference regarding appeals by Burbank Heights Development Inc. for the City of Toronto's failure to make decisions on Official Plan and Zoning By-law Amendment applications for a mixed-use development.

The Tribunal granted participant status to three individuals/entities, noted the parties' intention to attend mediation, and scheduled a second Case Management Conference for October 17, 2025.

The Ontario Land Tribunal held a Case Management Conference regarding appeals by the applicant against the City's refusal of official plan and zoning by-law amendments for a 48-storey mixed-use development.

The Tribunal granted party status to a neighbouring property owner and a neighbourhood association, and participant status to a condominium corporation.

A 9-day hearing was scheduled for March 2026.

The appellant appealed the City of London Committee of Adjustment's decision to deny minor variances to permit an additional residential unit in an accessory building.

The Ontario Land Tribunal allowed the appeal and authorized the variances subject to conditions regarding encroachments and stormwater drainage, based on the written submissions and affidavit evidence provided.

The applicant appealed the Committee of Adjustment's denial of minor variances required to facilitate a secondary residential unit.

At the hearing, it became apparent that the applicant had substantially revised the plan, eliminating one variance but potentially requiring several new ones.

The Tribunal determined the changes were not minor and the applicant could not identify the required variances.

Following a discussion, the applicant withdrew the appeal to submit a new application to the Committee of Adjustment.

The Ontario Land Tribunal issued a procedural order governing the upcoming hearing for appeals by the applicant regarding the City of Toronto's failure to adopt requested Official Plan and Zoning By-law amendments.

The amendments seek to permit two mixed-use residential development towers at 321-355 Symington Avenue and 350 Campbell Avenue.

The order sets out the procedural dates, issues list, and order of evidence for the 10-day hearing scheduled to commence on October 27, 2025.

The appellant appealed a by-law passed by the respondent municipality designating a property under the Ontario Heritage Act.

At a Case Management Conference, the parties discussed the issues to be adjudicated and potential settlement opportunities.

The Tribunal scheduled a subsequent Case Management Conference to allow the appellant additional time to prepare a draft Procedural Order and Issues List.

The appellant appealed the Township's Committee of Adjustment decision denying consent and minor variance applications to permit the severance of a property into four lots for 16 residential units (four fourplexes).

The Township opposed the development, arguing it represented overdevelopment and required a 3-metre road widening conveyance.

The Tribunal preferred the appellant's expert evidence, finding the road widening request unreasonable and concluding the proposed infill development was transit-supportive, met the four tests for minor variances, and satisfied the consent criteria under the Planning Act.

The appeals were allowed, variances authorized, and provisional consent granted.