A process that neighbourhood community groups have been fighting against for years is finally changing Tuesday, as the province officially replaces the Ontario Municipal Board (OMB) with a less ...

Municipal councillors have either just been given the due they deserve, or they’ve lost their favorite scapegoat. No matter how you look at it, the recent decision by the provincial government to ...

Woolwich planning staff preparing for an OMB hearing got another earful this week from residents worried about the impact of the proposed Jigs Hollow gravel pit. Reflecting the coordinated effort that ...

Saxe said the OMB appeal that followed illustrated “persistent problems in the land use planning process” where local environmental concerns are frozen out of the process.

The Ontario Municipal Board as we know it will be history under a planned overhaul by the Ontario government. On Tuesday, the province announced the proposed changes, which include the elimination of ...

By Jenn WattPublished Sept. 5 2017IT’S UNFORTUNATE that concerns and questions over what Haliburton Forest had planned for a biochar facility on Kennaway Road had to be taken to the Ontario Municipal ...

“We don’t like to go to the board. We want work it out with community and residents. Sometimes it’s not possible.” The OMB process is expensive — some estimates put it at $250,000 a week depending on ...

May of 2016 a ratepayer group approached the council to inform them that they planned to appeal to the OMB to get voter parity for all voters in HH. Nov. 23, 2016, there was a well publicized public ...

The two buildings would be 20 to 25 metres apart or about 80 feet. Stewart is looking to get in touch with others interested in being a part of the OMB process. They can contact him by email at ...

“Based on the changes to the development applications as a result of this extensive independent multi-disciplinary expert peer review and OMB mediation process,” Centre Wellington council on Jan. 23 ...

The process, he stressed, would be "incremental" and would be based on "affordability" as well a demand from investors. "This is a 23-30 year plan," he said.