T. Halinski

The Ontario Land Tribunal held a Case Management Conference regarding appeals of the City of Guelph's new Comprehensive Zoning By-law and related Official Plan Amendment No. 88.

The Tribunal approved a partial settlement between the City and the Guelph & District Home Builders’ Association, finding it represented good land use planning and was consistent with provincial policies.

The Tribunal also established a Procedural Order and scheduled a three-week merits hearing for the remaining appeals.

The Tribunal held a first Case Management Conference regarding appeals by the applicants against the municipality for failing to make decisions on Official Plan Amendment, Zoning By-law Amendment, and Draft Plan of Subdivision applications within statutory timelines.

The applications propose a mixed-use development with residential and commercial uses.

A third party was granted party status without objection.

A second Case Management Conference was scheduled for July 30, 2026, to review a draft Procedural Order and Issues List.

The applicant appealed the township's failure to make a decision on a zoning by-law amendment application to permit a six-storey residential building.

At the first case management conference, the Tribunal granted participant status to two individuals on consent.

The parties requested a timeline to allow the township's counsel to receive further instructions from council.

The Tribunal scheduled a nine-day hearing on the merits for October 2026 and directed the parties to file a procedural order and issues list.

This was a Case Management Conference regarding appeals of a municipal Official Plan.

The Tribunal granted party status to a new landowner on consent, as it recently purchased a portion of the lands subject to the original appeal.

The Tribunal also scheduled a 10-day hearing on the merits for the remaining appeal and directed the parties to provide updates on scoping and potential settlement for the new landowner's appeal.

The appellant appealed the City of Guelph's adoption of Official Plan Amendment No. 106 (OPA 106), which revised permitted building heights in the Downtown Secondary Plan area.

At a Case Management Conference, the parties jointly requested an order scoping the appeal to a specific item as it relates to the appellant's lands and holding the appeal in abeyance pending a decision on site-specific development applications.

Based on uncontested expert planning evidence, the Tribunal found the scoping order represented good planning and was consistent with the Provincial Planning Statement.

The Tribunal granted the requested relief, confirming that the unappealed portions of OPA 106 came into effect by operation of the Planning Act.

The applicant appealed the Town's failure to make decisions on applications for an Official Plan Amendment, Zoning By-law Amendment, draft plan of subdivision, and heritage permits to facilitate a residential subdivision on the former Rand Estate.

The Tribunal approved the OPA to correct the urban boundary but found the proposed subdivision design unacceptable due to inadequate vehicular access safety, insufficient protection of cultural heritage landscapes and attributes, and unacceptable impacts to mature trees and a wetland.

The Tribunal issued an interim order granting some heritage permits in principle while directing the applicant to substantially redesign the subdivision to conserve key heritage features in situ, retain the wetland, and secure safe access, potentially through a shared access with adjacent lands.

The appellant appealed the Town of Grimsby Committee of Adjustment's refusal of consent and minor variance applications to sever a property into three lots for single-detached dwellings.

The Tribunal heard uncontroverted expert planning evidence supporting the applications, with which the Town agreed.

The Tribunal found the consent applications met the criteria under section 51(24) of the Planning Act and the minor variances met the four tests under section 45(1).

The appeals were allowed, provisional consent was granted, and the variances were authorized subject to conditions.

The applicant appealed the City of Vaughan's failure to make a decision on applications for an Official Plan Amendment, Zoning By-law Amendment, and Draft Plan of Subdivision to permit a mixed-use high-density development.

Prior to the hearing, the parties reached a full settlement.

Based on uncontested expert land use planning evidence, the Tribunal found the settlement proposal represents good planning, is consistent with the Provincial Policy Statement, and conforms to applicable provincial and municipal plans.

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

The Tribunal held a settlement hearing regarding appeals to the Vaughan Official Plan 2010, specifically the Yonge Steeles Corridor Secondary Plan, along with related site-specific Zoning By-law Amendments and Draft Plans of Subdivision.

Based on uncontested expert planning and engineering evidence, the Tribunal approved modifications to the Secondary Plan's parking and holding symbol policies, finding they support transit-oriented development and conform with provincial and regional policies.

The Tribunal also approved the site-specific zoning and subdivision appeals in principle, subject to conditions, to facilitate high-density, mixed-use developments along the Steeles Avenue corridor.

This was the second Case Management Conference regarding appeals by Auto Complex Ltd. from the City of Vaughan's failure to make decisions on an Official Plan Amendment, Zoning By-law Amendment, and Draft Plan of Subdivision for 7200 Yonge Street.

Morguard Corporation requested and was granted Party status on consent.

The Tribunal directed the parties to submit the final Procedural Order and Issues List by September 11, 2023, ahead of the merit hearing scheduled for November 14, 2023.

The applicant appealed to the Ontario Land Tribunal under the Planning Act due to the municipality's failure to make a decision on applications for an Official Plan amendment, Zoning By-law amendment, and Site Plan approval to permit the development of 48 stacked townhomes.

This document contains only the proceeding header and lists the parties and counsel.

The parties convened a Case Management Conference to determine whether the appellant's revised development plan sufficiently addressed the Tribunal's previous interim directions regarding heritage conservation.

The revised plan proposed relocating two heritage houses closer to the street to accommodate a new mixed-use building.

The Tribunal found that the revised plan creatively addressed the directions to conserve heritage while enabling suitable intensification, and ordered the parties to proceed with finalizing the plans.

The applicant appealed the failure of the Township of King to make decisions on official plan amendment, zoning by-law amendment, and site plan applications for a mid-rise residential and commercial development.

Following a prior decision endorsing a settlement, the Tribunal held a written hearing to consider the finalized site plan and conditions.

Relying on uncontested expert planning evidence, the Tribunal found the site plan application consistent with provincial policies and local plans.

The Tribunal allowed the appeal in part and granted interim approval of the site plan, withholding the final order until the site plan agreement is executed.

The Tribunal held a settlement hearing regarding an appeal of the Township of King's Official Plan by Yellow Horizon Homes Ltd. The appellant sought site-specific modifications to permit an eight-unit residential development on its property.

Based on the uncontested expert planning evidence, the Tribunal found that the proposed modifications were consistent with the Provincial Policy Statement, conformed to the Growth Plan and the Oak Ridges Moraine Conservation Plan, and represented good planning.

The Tribunal allowed the appeal in part and approved the site-specific modifications to the Official Plan.

The Tribunal convened a Case Management Conference regarding an appeal by the appellant against the respondent's Development Charges By-law.

The parties requested a four-day merits hearing and agreed to submit a draft Procedural Order.

The Tribunal scheduled the merits hearing and approved the Procedural Order.

The Ontario Land Tribunal held a first Case Management Conference regarding appeals by 2588732 Ontario Ltd. against the Town of Grimsby's failure to make a decision on Official Plan and Zoning By-law amendment applications.

The applications seek to permit a 116-unit stacked townhouse development.

The Tribunal denied a party status request due to the requester's failure to appear, granted participant status to three local residents, and scheduled a 9-day hearing of the merits for January 2024.

The Ontario Land Tribunal held a Case Management Conference regarding appeals by Auto Complex Ltd. against the City of Vaughan's failure to make decisions on applications for an Official Plan Amendment, Zoning By-law Amendment, and Draft Plan of Subdivision for a proposed high-density mixed-use development at 7200 Yonge Street.

The Tribunal granted party and participant status to several entities and scheduled a further Case Management Conference and a 14-day hearing for 2023.

The Ontario Land Tribunal held a second Case Management Conference regarding appeals by the applicant against the municipality's failure to make decisions on Official Plan and Zoning By-law Amendment applications.

The Tribunal directed the parties to provide specific land use planning policy references in their Issues List and declined to create a common interest class for parties with similar issues.

A 15-day video hearing was scheduled for October 2023, and the parties were ordered to submit a revised draft Procedural Order.

The Tribunal held a Case Management Conference to address remaining appeals to the Region's approval of the Township's Official Plan.

The Tribunal approved a settlement between the Region, Township, and 1186675 Ontario Ltd. regarding an aggregates storage and distribution yard, modifying the Official Plan accordingly.

The Tribunal also scheduled a hearing for Flato/Wyview and a further CMC for Yellow Horizon.

Multiple appeals were filed regarding the Yonge Steeles Corridor Secondary Plan (YSCSP) and related site-specific zoning and subdivision applications in the City of Vaughan.

Following extensive study and settlements among the parties, the Tribunal approved modifications to the YSCSP that facilitate a transition from low-density, automobile-oriented commercial uses to a high-density, transit-supportive, mixed-use community.

The approved plan directs the tallest buildings to the Yonge-Steeles intersection, incorporates new street networks, and requires substantial linear parkland.

The Tribunal found the modified YSCSP consistent with the Provincial Policy Statement and in conformity with the Growth Plan and Regional Official Plan.

Two specific policies regarding parking and holding provisions, along with site-specific zoning and subdivision appeals, were deferred to a subsequent hearing phase.