The Committee of Adjustment (COA) is made up of five West Lincoln residents appointed by Township Council. The COA meets once per month to consider Minor Variance and Consent applications.

Current applications

Minor Variance Application A202025WL

File Number: A202025WL

This application has been submitted for the lands municipally known as 113 Griffin Street. The purpose of this application is to grant the applicant relief from the provisions of Section 3.12.2 Driveways and Parking Aisles (e)(iii) and Section 3.9.2 (c) of the Township of West Lincoln Zoning By-law 2017-70, as amended. The variances sought under this submission are:

  1. Driveways shall not be located closer than 1.5 metres to an interior side lot line, request 0 metre interior side lot line at the main driveway entrance.
  2. Area of a lot required to be used for no other purpose than a planting strip, a minimum width of 1.5 metres measured perpendicular to the adjoining lot line, request 0.5 metre planting strip along the interior lot line.

The effect of the variances, if granted, is to facilitate the reconstruction of the commercial building with four accessory residential dwelling units.

Map showing location of subject lands

Consent Application B092025WL

File number: B09/2025WL

This application has been submitted for the lands municipally known as 5445 Vaughan Road. The purpose of this application is to create 1 new Rural Residential lot and 1 retained lot for agricultural purposes.

Lands to be severed will have a lot frontage of approximately 74.85 metres and lot area of approximately 0.6 hectares. Lands to be retained will have lot frontage of approximately 241 metres and lot area of approximately 40.5 hectares.

Map showing location of subject lands

Consent Application B102025WL

File number: B10/2025WL

This application has been submitted for the lands municipally known as 7997 Sixteen Road. The purpose of this application is to create 1  new Rural Residential lot and 1 retained lot for agricultural purposes.

Lands to be severed will have a lot frontage of approximately 45 metres and lot area of approximately 0.4 hectares. Lands to be retained will have lot frontage of approximately 351 metres and lot area of approximately 23.7 hectares.

Map showing locatino of subject lands

Meeting schedule

The Committee of Adjustment meets on the last Wednesday of every month unless otherwise noted. Please see the table below for specific dates and cut-off times. All agendas and minutes for the Committee of Adjustment are available online and can be accessed from the Committees and Boards page.

Committee of Adjustment Schedule of Hearings and Cut-off Dates

Cut-off DateHearing Date
Friday, December 19, 2025 January 28, 2026
Friday, January 23, 2026 February 25, 2026
Friday, February 20, 2026 March 25, 2026
Friday, March 27, 2026 April 29, 2026
Friday, April 24, 2026 May 27, 2026
Friday, May 22, 2026 June 24, 2026
Friday, June 26, 2026 July 29, 2026
Friday, July 24, 2026 August 26, 2026
Friday, August 21, 2026 September 30, 2026
Friday, September 25, 2026 October 28, 2026
Friday, October 23, 2026 November 25, 2026
Friday, November 6, 2026 December 9, 2026
Friday, December 18, 2026 January 27, 2027
Friday, January 22, 2027 February 24, 2027
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