OLT 2025

The appellants appealed a Director's Order requiring them to resolve inadequacies in existing sewage works on a property with a history of industrial uses.

At a Case Management Conference, the parties advised that their experts were engaged in productive discussions and requested Tribunal-led mediation.

The Tribunal scheduled a 10-day hearing to commence in September 2025, which will be vacated if mediation is successful, and approved a revised Procedural Order.

The Ontario Land Tribunal issued a Procedural Order to govern the procedures leading up to and including the hearing scheduled to commence on July 2, 2025, regarding an application by V.B. Sand & Gravel Ltd. to amend the Zoning By-law and for an Aggregate Resources Act licence to permit a proposed extraction operation in the Township of Ashfield-Colborne-Wawanosh.

The applicant appealed the City's failure to make a decision on applications for an Official Plan Amendment, Zoning By-law Amendment, and Draft Plan of Subdivision to permit the redevelopment of a brownfield site into a mixed-use neighbourhood.

The parties reached a partial settlement on a revised proposal for 660 residential units and commercial space.

The Tribunal accepted expert planning evidence that the revised proposal is consistent with provincial policy and conforms to the official plan.

The Tribunal allowed the appeals in part, approving the agreed-upon planning instruments and scheduling a further hearing for the outstanding issues.

The Tribunal previously allowed an appeal in part regarding a proposed 52-storey mixed-use building at 4-10 Beamish Drive, withholding its final order until certain pre-conditions were met.

The parties advised the Tribunal that the pre-conditions were satisfied.

The Tribunal ordered that the appeal is allowed and the City of Toronto's Zoning By-law No. 569-2013 is amended accordingly.

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

Following a case management conference, the Tribunal issued a procedural order governing the hearing.

The parties subsequently requested on consent to amend the procedural timelines.

The Tribunal granted the request and amended the procedural order to extend the deadline for exchanging witness statements.

The applicant appealed the proposed Official Plan Amendment 24, which sought to incorporate new Secondary Plan policies and land use schedules for the Howard Industrial Park District into the Town of Amherstburg's Official Plan.

The parties reached a full settlement agreement.

Based on the uncontested planning evidence, the Tribunal found the amendment consistent with the Provincial Planning Statement and applicable official plans.

The appeal was allowed in part and the Official Plan Amendment was approved on consent.

The applicant appealed the City of Brampton's refusal of its Official Plan Amendment and Zoning By-law Amendment applications to permit the development of two multi-storey residential apartment buildings.

The Tribunal previously allowed the appeals in part and in principle, withholding its final order until certain conditions were met.

The parties confirmed the conditions were satisfied, and the Tribunal issued its final order approving the amendments.

The Tribunal held a first Case Management Conference regarding appeals by Losani Homes (1998) Ltd. against the City of Brantford's failure to make decisions on applications for an Official Plan Amendment, Zoning By-law Amendment, and Draft Plan of Subdivision.

The applications seek to permit a residential development with a townhouse block.

On consent of the parties, the Tribunal approved a two-phase hearing process, with Phase 1 focusing on the threshold issue of whether a portion of the subject lands are appropriately designated Core Natural Area.

The Tribunal issued a Procedural Order for the Phase 1 hearing, scheduled for 10 days in November and December 2025.

The Tribunal held a second Case Management Conference regarding appeals by the Upper West Side Landowners Group Inc. against the City of Hamilton for failing to make a decision on an Official Plan Amendment application for an urban boundary expansion.

The parties submitted a draft Procedural Order and Issues List and requested an eight-week hearing.

The Tribunal scheduled the hearing to commence in April 2026 and issued the finalized Procedural Order and Issues List to govern the proceedings.

The Ontario Land Tribunal issued an amending decision to correct a technical error in its previous decision dated April 22, 2024, regarding a zoning by-law and subdivision appeal in the City of Brampton.

Pursuant to Rule 24.4 of the Tribunal's Rules of Practice and Procedure, the Tribunal amended paragraph 41 to authorize the municipal clerk of the City of Brampton to assign a number to the By-law, insert dates for record-keeping purposes, and assign special section numbers.

In all other respects, the original decision remains unchanged.

The applicant appealed the City of Toronto's failure to make a decision on applications to amend the zoning by-law and for site plan approval to permit a 12-storey mixed-use residential building.

Following a settlement proposal approved in principle by the Tribunal, the applicant and the City confirmed that all conditions were fulfilled.

The Tribunal issued its final order amending Zoning By-law No. 569-2013 to permit the development.

The claimants brought a claim for compensation under the Expropriations Act following the expropriation of their property by the Regional Municipality of Niagara.

The Ontario Land Tribunal held a Case Management Conference and issued a Procedural Order to govern the conduct of the proceeding.

A ten-day video hearing was scheduled to commence in January 2026.

The Ontario Land Tribunal held a second Case Management Conference regarding appeals by Armfield Estates Inc. against the City of Toronto for failing to make decisions on Official Plan and Zoning By-law Amendment applications.

The Tribunal approved the draft Procedural Order and scheduled a third Case Management Conference for June 4, 2025, and a ten-day hearing on the merits commencing November 24, 2025.

The appellant appealed a heritage designation by-law concerning the subject property.

At a Case Management Conference, the appellant requested that a hearing date be set for late 2025 and a subsequent CMC be scheduled to consider consolidating this appeal with anticipated appeals of related Official Plan Amendment, Zoning By-law Amendment, and demolition permit applications.

The Town did not object.

The Tribunal scheduled a further CMC for April 2025 and a 10-day hearing for October 2025 to allow time for potential consolidation and mediation.

The Ontario Land Tribunal issued a procedural order governing the hearing of appeals by the applicant regarding the City of Toronto's failure to make decisions on applications for an Official Plan Amendment, Zoning By-law Amendment, and Draft Plan of Subdivision.

The applications seek to permit the development of five residential apartment buildings with heights ranging from 12 to 30 storeys.

The order establishes the issues list, procedural dates, and a 20-day hearing scheduled to commence on September 9, 2025.

The applicants sought leave to appeal the Director's decision to issue an Amended Environmental Compliance Approval (ECA) to an adjacent industrial facility, arguing the approval failed to consider noise and vibration impacts on their proposed residential development.

The Ontario Land Tribunal dismissed the application for leave to appeal.

The Tribunal found that the Director's decision was reasonable, as it followed Ministry guidelines and the proposed residential development was a hypothetical scenario pending zoning approval.

Furthermore, the applicants failed to establish that the Amended ECA could result in significant environmental harm, as the facility's emissions met established standards and the ECA included conditions for future reassessment if zoning changes occurred.

The Ontario Land Tribunal issued a final order approving a draft plan of condominium for a 32-unit townhouse development in the Municipality of Brighton.

The Tribunal had previously allowed the zoning by-law amendment appeal and withheld the final order on the subdivision appeal pending the submission of a final list of conditions and a draft plan acceptable to the Municipality.

Having received the required documents, the Tribunal approved the draft plan subject to conditions and delegated the authority to clear the conditions and administer final approval to the Municipality pursuant to s. 51(56.1) of the Planning Act.

The applicant requested an amendment to the procedural order on consent of the parties.

The Tribunal granted the request, extending the deadline for the exchange of written responses to evidence from February 14, 2025, to February 21, 2025.

The procedural order remains unchanged in all other respects.

The Ontario Land Tribunal held a second Case Management Conference regarding an appeal for the City of Toronto's non-decision on a Zoning By-law Amendment application to facilitate a 20-storey mixed-use building.

The parties submitted a revised draft Procedural Order and Issues List on consent.

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

The applicant appealed the City of Toronto's neglect to make a decision on a Zoning By-law Amendment application to permit a 26-storey rental apartment building.

Following a settlement hearing and based on uncontested land use planning evidence, the Ontario Land Tribunal allowed the appeal in part.

The Tribunal approved the redevelopment in principle and, after being advised that all pre-conditions were satisfied, ordered the amendment of Zoning By-law 569-2013.