The City of Pickering is claiming a landmark victory in preserving the unique character of its waterfront with the Local Planning Appeals Tribunal’s (LPAT) dismissal of an application for an 8-storey condominium building at Frenchman’s Bay.
After considering the evidence and submissions over the past two years, the LPAT sided with the City of Pickering and ruled that the development application for 1280-1294 Wharf Street and 607 Annland Street did not conform sufficiently to the intended direction, legitimate land use planning framework, and vision set out in the City of Pickering’s Official Plan, said a Pickering statement.
“This decision is a major victory for the City of Pickering and its residents. It recognizes our inherent right to plan for and ultimately decide the future of our waterfront – one of our community’s most treasured and irreplaceable assets,” said Kevin Ashe, Deputy Mayor. “As we have stated from the onset, the bar for our waterfront has been set very high. We trusted the process, and have proven that the process works. Moving forward, staff and council will hold any other waterfront development applications to the same rigorous standards.”
Key Dates
- Complete development application received – May 3, 2017
- Public Open House – October 11, 2017
- Statutory Public Meeting – November 6, 2017
- LPAT pre-hearing conference – March 21, 2018
- Council rejects development application as per staff recommendation – April 10, 2018
- LPAT hearings – July 29 to August 6, 2019
- LPAT dismisses development application – March 20, 2020