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The Township of West Lincoln Growth and Sustainability Committee will hold a Public Meeting in accordance with the Planning Act where the matter(s) below will be considered. The meeting will take place:

Date: Monday, August 11, 2025
Time: 6:30 p.m.
Location: Hybrid Meeting (in person and virtual attendance*) Township Administration, 318 Canborough St., Smithville 

*Those who wish to provide comments at a meeting virtually (Zoom), must register in advance by contacting Justin Paylove, Manager of Legislative Services/Clerk at jpaylove@westlincoln.ca or 905-957-3346 ext. 5129.

About the Planning Application

Location: 132 College Street (find location map below)
Name: 2853972 Ontario Inc. (Owner) / NPG Planning Solutions (Agent)
File: Official Plan Amendment (1701-002-25) & Zoning By-law Amendment (1601-004-25); Draft Plan of Subdivision (2000-002-25); Draft Plan of Condominium (2002-003-25CDM); Site Plan Approval (2100-004-25)

Applications for Official Plan and Zoning By-law Amendments has been submitted to facilitate a residential development consisting of three blocks of street townhouses with 13 units fronting on Morgan Avenue and 9 stacked townhouse blocks consisting of 144 units. The requested amendments include, reductions in the interior side yard adjoining a lot in a low density residential zone; reductions in the separation distance between dwellings on the same lot between exterior side walls; permit 16 staked townhouse dwelling units per block; reduced lot area; increased projections for balconies/decks; parking reduction for stacked townhouse dwelling units; reduced setback for private parking on private street to a public road, to side or rear lot line; and reduced planting strip.

Draft Plan of Subdivision Application is required for the Morgan Avenue townhouse dwelling units and Draft Plan of Condominium and Site Plan Approval Applications are required for the stacked townhouse dwelling units in the former College Street Public School site.

Please see the full application details found on the Township website under News and Notices. If you have any questions about these applications, please contact Susan Smyth, Manager of Community Planning and Design, at ssmyth@westlincoln.ca or 905-957-3346 ext. 5133.

How to have your comments heard

Please submit your written comments to jpaylove@westlincoln.ca with the file number for the application by 4 p.m. on July 30, 2025, to have them included in Staff’s report for the application. If you submit comments after this date, they will not be included in Staff’s report. Any comments received after July 30, 2025, and before August 8, 2025, will be read into the public record during the specified meeting. While residents are encouraged to make written submissions to the committee, members of the public will also be able to provide verbal comments at Committee and Council in person or virtually through Zoom. Please contact the Justin Paylove, Manager of Legislative Services/Clerk at jpaylove@westlincoln.ca to register to speak at the meeting and indicate if you will need a link to the Zoom meeting.

Important information about making a submission

If a person or public body does not make oral submissions at a public meeting or make written submissions to the Township of West Lincoln Growth and Sustainability Committee before a by-law is passed, the person or public body is not entitled to appeal the decision of the Council of the Township of West Lincoln to the Ontario Land Tribunal. Additionally, should no oral or written submissions be made, the person or public body may not be added as a party to the hearing of an appeal before the Ontario Land Tribunal unless, in the opinion of the Tribunal, there are reasonable grounds to do so. Individuals who make written submissions with respect to a Planning Act application should be aware that their submission and any personal information in their correspondence will become part of the public record
and made available to the Applicant, Committee and Council.

For more information

The documents and background material for this application can be made available by contacting West Lincoln’s Growth and Sustainability Department at:

Phone: 905-957-3346
E-mail: planning@westlincoln.ca

Copies of the Staff Report will be available Friday, August 8, 2025, after 4 p.m. on the Township’s website.

If you would like to be notified of Township Council’s decision with respect to any planning application, you must make a written request (specifying which file numbers) to Justin Paylove, Manager of Legislative Services/Clerk, at jpaylove@westlincoln.ca.

132 College Street Location Map