Siraj Syed

The applicant appealed a decision of the City of Hamilton Committee of Adjustment refusing a minor variance to reduce the required visitor parking spaces from 2 to 0 for a proposed three-storey, six-unit multiple dwelling.

The Tribunal found that the variance was consistent with the Provincial Policy Statement and met the four tests under section 45(1) of the Planning Act, noting that the reduction supports transit-oriented intensification and improves the streetscape.

The appeal was allowed and the variance was authorized.

The Tribunal issued a Procedural Order to govern the proceedings leading up to a 12-day hearing scheduled to commence on July 15, 2026.

The hearing concerns appeals by The Address Inc. under subsections 22(7) and 34(11) of the Planning Act regarding the City of Toronto's failure to make a decision on requested official plan and zoning by-law amendments for a proposed 37-storey and 35-storey residential development.

The Order sets out the procedural dates, issues list, and order of evidence.

The Ontario Land Tribunal held a first Case Management Conference regarding appeals by the applicant against the respondent municipality for failing to make decisions on Official Plan and Zoning By-law Amendment applications.

The applications seek to facilitate a 28-storey mixed-use building.

The Tribunal granted participant status to four individuals, consolidated the appeals, and scheduled a 14-day hearing on the merits for October 2026.

The Tribunal held a settlement hearing regarding appeals of the City of Kawartha Lakes' new Rural Zoning By-law.

The appellants, Flato and Mariposa, sought site-specific amendments to recognize existing uses such as cottages, marinas, and campgrounds, and to correct mapping errors.

Based on uncontroverted expert planning evidence, the Tribunal found the proposed amendments consistent with the Provincial Planning Statement and in conformity with the Official Plan.

The Tribunal allowed the appeals in part, approving the settlements, and adjourned the remaining unresolved portions of the Flato appeal.

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 brought a motion to consolidate its appeal under the Planning Act regarding a zoning by-law amendment with a referral under the Aggregate Resources Act for a Class A Pit Below Water licence.

The Tribunal granted the motion on consent, finding that consolidation would provide efficiencies as the matters involve the same property, common issues, and the same witnesses.

A 13-day merit hearing was scheduled.

The Town of Oakville appealed a Committee of Adjustment decision granting a minor variance for a maximum residential floor area ratio to permit a second-storey addition.

Prior to the hearing, the parties reached a settlement based on revised plans that reduced the massing and scale of the addition.

Relying on uncontroverted expert planning evidence, the Tribunal found the amended variance met the four tests under s. 45(1) of the Planning Act.

The appeal was allowed in part to authorize the amended variance subject to conditions.