The Goldilocks Standard: Right Sizing Housing in Toronto
It may not be as exciting as the song, “525,600 minutes”, but today, we talk about the Growth Plan’s targeted forecast for a Toronto of 3,650,000 people, and how many of them can be accommodated
Introducing the New Ontario Land Tribunal
Farewell LPAT, we hardly knew ye. On June 1, 2021, select changes from Ontario’s omnibus Bill 245, the Accelerating Access to Justice Act, took effect. Among these changes is the amalgamation of the Local Planning
Parking Up the Right Tree Continued
As an update to our post from March 11, 2021 titled Parking Up the Right Tree: A Review of Parking Requirements for New Development, the City of Toronto is on track with the Parking Review
City of Toronto Moves Ahead with Modernizing the Toronto Building Division
The City of Toronto Moves Ahead with Modernizing the Toronto Building Division The City of Toronto (the “City”) continues its modernization process and now proposes reforms to the Toronto Building Division (“Toronto Building”). Toronto Building’s
The City of Toronto’s Engineering and Construction Department to provide comments on Policy Amendments for Accepting Potentially Contaminated Lands
The City of Toronto’s (the “City”) Infrastructure and Environment Committee (the “Committee”) adopted amendments to the existing Policy for Accepting Potentially Contaminated Lands to be Conveyed to the City under the Planning Act (the “Policy”),
TLAB Adopts Sub-Rule 2.6
In response to concerns regarding direct communications between Toronto Local Appeal Body (“TLAB”) Members and those involved in the TLAB hearing event, at the Q2 TLAB Public Business Meeting, the TLAB adopted Sub-Rule 2.6 to
TLAB Pilots Pre-Hearing Conferences
After grappling with the question of how to increase the efficiency of the hearing process, at its May 7 Public Business Meeting, the Toronto Local Appeal Body (“TLAB”) decided it will move forward with a
City of Toronto mulls changes to Committee of Adjustment Procedures
In a May 6, 2021 Council decision, the City of Toronto (the “City”) adopted the recommendations set forth in item PH22.7, which directs City Planning to conduct a study regarding potential changes to the Committee
Concept 2 Keys (C2K) – Update #2 On the Online Submission Application Pilot Project
The City of Toronto (the “City”) is moving ahead with transforming its development review process through the implementation of the Concept 2 Keys (“C2K”) program, which we last reported on in October, 2020. C2K is
Impact of COVID-19 on Reasonable Notice Periods
It has been over one year since Ontario declared a state of emergency in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Since then, COVID has had profound impacts on employees in Ontario and across Canada. They have