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ARTICLE · 17 MAY 2019

Big Changes Coming (Again) To Land Use Planning Appeals In Ontario

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The Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing announced on May 2, 2019, that the most significant and disruptive of the 2017 legislative changes to Ontario's land use planning appeal

CanadaReal Estate and Construction
Michael Connell
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The Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing announced on May 2, 2019, that the most significant and disruptive of the 2017 legislative changes to Ontario's land use planning appeal process are being repealed.

The government announcement, contained in its "Housing Supply Action Plan" (the "Plan"), signals that the Local Planning Appeal Tribunal (the re-named Ontario Municipal Board) will once again have the authority to make final binding decisions on appeals of official plans, official plan amendments, zoning by-laws and zoning by-law amendments. Under the 2017 changes in Bill 139, a successful first appeal of any of these planning instruments simply returned the decision to the municipal council for reconsideration.

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