Notice of statutory public meeting on December 8, 2025 for a proposed Official Plan Amendment, Town-wide

Site location: Town-wide
Applicant: Town-initiated
Planner on file: Sita Ganesan, Policy Planner
Email: sita.ganesan@oakville.ca
Phone: 905-845-6601 ext. 3129
Address: 1225 Trafalgar Rd, Oakville, ON L6H 0H3
File No.: 42.15.70
Wards No. 1 to 7

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, December 8, 2025
Time: 6:30 p.m.
Location: Council Chamber, Town Hall, 1225 Trafalgar Road

What is proposed?

The purpose of the draft Official Plan Amendments to the Livable Oakville Plan, North Oakville East Secondary Plan, and Halton Regional Official Plan is to bring the Town’s Employment Areas into conformity and consistency with the new Planning Act definition of “area of employment” and related policies in the Provincial Planning Statement, 2024.

The effect of the proposed amendments is to update policies and schedules to implement the provincial changes based on directions from the Employment Areas Review, 2025.

For more information, review the Employment Areas Review page.

How to participate/share your views

Read the staff report

The report includes details of the proposal. It is made available for review on the Town’s website at oakville.ca by searching the file number or visiting the Agendas and Meetings page the Friday before the meeting.  

Review the supporting material

The reports, studies and plans submitted by the proponent are available to review on the Employment Areas Review page.

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 by filling out the 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's YouTube channel.

Watch the public meeting online

To watch the meeting live, or to view a previously recorded meeting, please visit the Town's YouTube channel.

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.

Related applications

*Currently there are no other developments applications affecting the subject lands.

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 November 18, 2025.