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City seeks direction for Ontario Land Tribunal hearing on Old Weston Road development

The City Solicitor is asking Council to provide legal direction ahead of a September 2026 Ontario Land Tribunal hearing on a mixed-use development application at Old Weston Road and Lindner Street. The applicant appealed the City's delays in deciding their zoning and official plan amendments, and the tribunal will hear arguments in ten days. Council's instruction will guide the solicitor's position at the hearing.

not yet heardToronto City Council · Wed, Jul 29You can weigh inDecided elsewhere

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• The applicant has now appealed both the Zoning By-law Amendment (June 2025) and the Official Plan Amendment (January 2026) to the Ontario Land Tribunal due to the City's failure to decide within statutory timeframes under the Planning Act.

• The tribunal hearing is scheduled to commence September 16, 2026, only seven weeks after this Council meeting, leaving minimal time for the City to prepare its legal strategy and argument.

The journey

Wed, Jul 29 · Toronto City Council · not yet heard

Time to act

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Residents can attend or monitor the public Ontario Land Tribunal hearing scheduled for September 16, 2026, or contact their councillor before this vote if they have concerns about the City's negotiating position.

Why is this story here?
Big deal at city hallAn OLT hearing and ruling will bind the City's options on a 34,361 sq m mixed-use site (296 residential units, office space) for years. The tribunal's decision, if it overturns the City's position, removes the Council's ability to condition or refuse the development. This is hard to reverse and constrains future discretion on a significant site.Touches a narrow groupThe hearing affects one specific development site and its immediate neighbourhood. Most Toronto residents will not experience this in an ordinary week. Residents of the Old Weston Road corridor and those tracking this long-stalled application will notice; others will not.

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Official title: 189 to 195 Old Weston Road and 44 to 46 and 50 to 52 Lindner Street - Ontario Land Tribunal Hearing - Request for Directions · meeting video