Notice of Statutory Public Meeting for a Proposed Official Plan Amendment - Town Initiated - Town Wide, File No. 42.15.67

Meeting information

You are invited to attend a public meeting under the Planning Act to share your comments on the proposal. The purpose of this meeting is for the applicant to present their proposal and receive feedback. No recommendation to approve or deny the application will be made at this meeting. You can attend the meeting online or in person.

Meeting date: Monday, September 22, 2025
Time: 6:30 p.m.
Location: Council Chamber, Town Hall, 1225 Trafalgar Road

What is proposed?

A Town-initiated draft Official Plan Amendment (OPA) has been prepared to modify the text and schedules of the Livable Oakville Plan as part of a consistency exercise to address provincial legislation changes and the new Provincial Planning Statement, 2024. 

The effect of the proposed amendment includes changes to: 

• Update policies to reflect current Planning Act requirements related to parkland dedication, exemptions for post-secondary institutions, pre-consultation, and notice;
• Remove references to, and concepts from, the former Growth Plan;
• Update policies to be consistent with the Provincial Planning Statement, 2024;
• Update policies to reflect the current Conservation Authorities Act requirements; 
• Introduce a new policy to address the anticipated removal of the Parkway Belt West Plan; and,
• Revise references to Halton Region, as required.

The proposed amendment will result in changes to the following parts of the Livable Oakville Plan: 

Addition of the town’s land acknowledgement prior to Part A: Introduction;

• Section 1 (The Livable Oakville Plan);
• Section 3 (Urban Structure);
• Section 4 (Managing Growth and Change);
• Section 10 (Sustainability);
• Section 14 (Employment);
• Section 16 (Natural Area);
• Section 17 (Open Space);
• Section 19 (Parkway Belt West);
• Section 23 (Kerr Village);
• Section 24 (Bronte Village);
• Section 25 (Downtown Oakville);
• Section 27 (Bronte Go Major Transit Station Area);
• Section 28 (Special Policy Areas);
• Section 30 (Implementation);
• Section 31 (Glossary);
• Schedule A1 – Urban Structure;
• Schedule A2 – Built Boundary & Urban Growth Centre;
• Schedule G – South East Land Use;
• Schedule H – West Land Use;
• Schedule I – Central Land Use; and,
• Schedule N – Palermo Village Land Use;

Visit the Official Plan Review for more information on the project.

How to participate/How you can share your views

Read the staff report:

The report includes details of the proposal. It is made available for review on the Official Plan Review page or the Agendas and Meetings page the Friday before the meeting. 

Review the supporting material:

The official plan, reports, studies and plans submitted by the proponent are available to review on the Official Plan Review webpage.

Provide written comments:

We welcome your views. To provide a written comment to be presented to Council or if you wish to be notified of the decision of the Town of Oakville on this matter, you must make a written request to the Town Clerk at the Town of Oakville, Clerk’s department, 1225 Trafalgar Road, Oakville, ON L6H 0H3 or at townclerk@oakville.ca. The personal information accompanying your submission is being collected under the Planning Act and may form part of the public record which may be released to the public.

Speak at the public meeting:

To speak at the public meeting, you must register and share any presentation materials in advance:

1. Register before noon on the day of the meeting using our Delegation Request Form;  or,
2. Contact the Clerk’s Department at 905-815-6015 on the last business day before the meeting to register as a delegation and to obtain instructions on how to participate.

If you have presentation materials, submit them to the Town Clerk at townclerk@oakville.ca.

All speakers have 10 minutes to present. 

Please be aware that all meetings are recorded live and available on the Town of Oakville YouTube page.

Watch the public meeting online:

To watch the meeting live, please visit our Live Stream page during the meeting. Or, to watch the meeting live or view a previously recorded meeting, please visit the Town of Oakville YouTube page.

You must attend in person to speak at the meeting.

Find more information

To learn more about the planning process, visit the Building, Planning and Development Guide page.

Legal notice

You are not required to participate. However, only those persons and public bodies that submit comments or speak at the public meeting may be allowed to appeal the decision of Town Council on this proposal. 

If a person or public body would otherwise have an ability to appeal the decision of Town of Oakville Council to the Ontario Land Tribunal, but the person or public body does not make oral submissions at a public meeting or make written submissions to the Town Clerk before the proposed official plan amendment is adopted, the person or public body is not entitled to appeal the decision. 

If a person or public body does not make oral submissions at a public meeting or make written submission to Town of Oakville Council before the proposed official plan amendment is adopted, the person or public body may not be added as a part to the hearing of an appeal before the Ontario Land Tribunal unless, in the option of the Tribunal, there are reasonable grounds to add the person or public body as a party.

For accessibility support, please contact the planner on file one week before the meeting.

This notice was issued on September 2, 2025.