Ontario Land Tribunal
Tribunal ontarien de l’aménagement du territoire
ISSUE DATE: April 01, 2026
CASE NO(S).: OLT-26-000046
PROCEEDING COMMENCED UNDER subsection 17(24) of the Planning Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. P.13, as amended
Appellant: 2420428 Ontario Limited
Appellant: 2356435 Ontario Corp. and Mattamy Landdev Limited
Appellant: QR Dixie EN GP Inc. on behalf of Dixie EN LTH LP.
Subject: Official Plan Amendment No. 7
Description: To update growth management and phasing policies in the Future Caledon Official Plan and the Region of Peel Official Plan
Reference Number: POPA 2025-0002
Property Address: Town-wide
Municipality/UT: Caledon/Peel
OLT Case No.: OLT-26-000046
OLT Lead Case No.: OLT-26-000046
OLT Case Name: 2420428 Ontario Limited v. Caledon (Town)
Heard: March 26, 2026 by Video Hearing
APPEARANCES:
Parties
Counsel
242048 Ontario Limited
S. Snider A. Toumanians
2356435 Ontario Corp. and Mattamy Landdev Limited
S. Snider A. Toumanians
QR Dixie EN GP Inc. on behalf of Dixie EN LTH LP
M. Schuman
Town of Caledon
S. Chisholm
MEMORANDUM OF ORAL DECISION DELIVERED BY S. BRAUN ON MARCH 26, 2026 AND ORDER OF THE TRIBUNAL
1This was the first Case Management Conference (“CMC”) held to organize appeals by 242048 Ontario Limited, 2356435 Ontario Corp. and Mattamy Landdev Limited and QR Dixie EN GP Inc. on behalf of Dixie EN LTH LP against the adoption of a town-wide Official Plan Amendment (“OPA 7”) by the Town of Caledon (“Town”). OPA 7 establishes updated growth management and phasing policies in the Future Town of Caledon Official Plan, intended to organize future growth within the Town extending to the year 2051.
2The Tribunal received an Affidavit of Service dated February 19, 2026, confirming that proper Notice of this CMC was given and, as such, no further notice will be required.
3In response to the Notice, the Tribunal received one written request for Participant status from Matthews Development Inc.(“Matthews”), which represents the interests of landowners in the affected Official Plan Phasing Area. The request notes that the phasing policies under appeal could affect infrastructure timing, sequencing and development feasibility for those landowners. Following the CMC, Matthews emailed the assigned case coordinator indicating they no longer seek status, but wish to maintain a watching brief and requested that they be added to the mailing list for this proceeding.
4The Tribunal also received three requests for Party Status from:
Peel District School Board (“School Board”), which raised concerns regarding adequate provision and distribution of educational facilities. The School Board seeks status on the basis that OPA 7 contains provisions relating to future provision of infrastructure and public service facilities to accommodate growth, and the Town’s Official Plan contains provisions requiring collaboration with the School Board to facilitate early and integrated planning for schools and childcare facilities.
Mayfield Tullamore Landowners Group, which raised concerns that its lands may be directly impacted by the outcome of these appeals because a portion of its lands are in a Phase 1 Community Area, with the remainder in a Phase 2 Community Area. Both areas are directly impacted by policies 4.4.3 and 4.4.5. which are under appeal.
Cedar Rox Heart Lake Inc., which also raised concerns that its lands, which are located within Phase 1, may be directly impacted by the outcome.
5As the appeals are before the Tribunal pursuant to s. 17(24) of the Planning Act, Rule 8.3 of the Tribunal’s Rules of Practice and Procedure requires the prospective parties to “shelter” under an issue(s) raised by an Appellant Party.
8.3 Non-Appellant Party A party to a proceeding before the Tribunal which arises under any of subsections 17(24) or (36), 34(19), 37(17), 42(4.9) or 51(39) of the Planning Act or section 14 of the Development Charges Act who is not an appellant of the municipal decision or enactment may not raise or introduce a new issue in the proceeding. The non-appellant party may only participate in these appeals of municipal decisions by sheltering under an issue raised in an appeal by an appellant party and may participate fully in the proceeding to the extent that the issue remains in dispute.
6Although draft issues lists were provided in advance of the CMC, the Parties advised that they were merely drafts which would, in all likelihood, undergo changes as a result of ongoing and productive discussions aimed at resolving or narrowing the issues. Consequently, as prospective parties are required to shelter under specific issues, it was submitted that it would be premature to consider any requests for status until finalized issues lists could be determined.
7In an effort to ensure the matter proceeds efficiently and expeditiously, the Parties liaised with all prospective parties in advance of the CMC to establish a proposed path forward to present to the Tribunal. All Parties and prospective parties indicated they were in agreement with the following approach, whereby the Parties would request the scheduling of a second CMC in late June and further request deferral of the consideration of all Status requests until the next hearing event, allowing time for issues lists to crystallize and for prospective parties to determine the specific issue(s) under which they intend to shelter. In the interim, the Parties make the following assurances:
All prospective parties will be copied on any and all correspondence with the Tribunal, including any requests for Tribunal-assisted mediation;
Should discussions amongst the Parties result in any proposed policy modifications, all prospective parties will receive those modifications at least 30-days in advance of any hearing event at which approval thereof might be sought;
Should any prospective party take issue with any proposed policy modifications, they will communicate with the Parties and, if necessary, the prospective party’s status request can be revisited at a CMC in advance of any hearing event at which such modifications may be presented to the Tribunal for approval.
8The Tribunal found the proposed path forward to be reasonable under the circumstances, and scheduled a one-day CMC to be held by video hearing commencing Monday, June 22, 2026 at 10:00 a.m. Parties 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 Link: https://global.gotomeeting.com/join/656004293;
Access Code: 656-004-293
9Parties 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 GoToMeeting or a web application is available: https://app.gotomeeting.com/home.html.
10Persons who experience technical difficulties accessing the GoToMeeting application or who only wish to listen to the event can connect to the event by calling into an audio-only telephone line: (Toll Free):647-497-9373. The access code is 656-004-293.
11Individuals 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 CMC 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.
12As of March 30, 2026, all hearing events are governed by the Tribunal’s Artificial Intelligence Practice Direction. This Practice Direction requires a party, participant, or witness to include a declaration within each submitted document if generative AI was used to create or generate content.
13The Tribunal reminded the Parties of the importance of ensuring that Tribunal hearing events be productive, efficient and cost-effective for all involved. To that end, the Parties agreed to submit a draft order inclusive of detailed finalized issues lists to the Tribunal and the prospective parties no later than one week in advance of the next hearing event.
ORDER
14The case management directives above are so ordered.
15There will be no further notice and this Member is not seized, but may be available for case management, should the Tribunal’s calendar permit.
“S. Braun”
S. Braun
VICE-CHAIR
Ontario Land Tribunal
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