Public Meeting for Downtown Oakville Heritage Conservation District Review on January 19, 2025

Site location: The Downtown Oakville Heritage Conservation District has an irregular boundary that includes the area roughly from just west of Navy Street to Dunn Street, and just north of Randall Street to the properties on the south side of Lakeshore Road East.
Applicant: Town-initiated
Planner on file: Kristen McLaughlin, Heritage Planner
Email: kristen.mclaughlin@oakville.ca
Phone: 905-845-6601 ext. 3908
Address: 1225 Trafalgar Road, Oakville, ON L6H 0H3
Ward: 3

Meeting information

You are invited to attend a public meeting under the Ontario Heritage Act to discuss proposed revisions to a heritage conservation district plan. You can attend the meeting online or in person.

Meeting date: Monday, January 19, 2026
Time: 6:30 p.m.
Location: Council Chamber, Town Hall, 1225 Trafalgar Road

What is proposed?

This review project is a staff-initiated review of the Downtown Oakville Heritage Conservation District.

The Downtown Oakville Heritage Conservation District review project encompasses an analysis of the district's operations since its implementation in 2013, as well as pertinent Plan and Guidelines revisions. This will result in a revised Plan and Guidelines document attached as an appendix to the HCD by-law.

Visit the Downtown Oakville Heritage Conservation District page for more information.

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 town’s website at oakville.ca by visiting “Agendas & Meetings” the Friday before the meeting.  

Review the supporting material:

The report and proposed plan are available to review on the project webpage (For more information on the project webpage see first 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 using 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 online on the Town of Oakville YouTube channel.

Watch the public meeting online:

To watch the meeting live, or to view a previously recorded meeting, please visit the Town of Oakville 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 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 zoning by-law amendment is passed, 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 zoning by-law amendment is passed, 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 December 23, 2025.