Notice of recommendation meeting for a proposed Town-initiated Official Plan Amendment for all lands subject to the Livable Oakville Plan area, 42.24.28

Site location: All lands subject to the Livable Oakville Plan area.
Applicant: Town-initiated
File No.: 42.24.28
Ward No.: 1 to 7

Planner on file: Brad Sunderland, Housing Secretary, Housing Secretariat Office
Email: brad.sunderland@oakville.ca
Phone: 905-845-6601 ext. 3043
Address: 1225 Trafalgar Road, Oakville, ON L6H 0H3

Meeting information

You are invited to attend a public meeting under the Planning Act to share your comments on the proposed Town-initiated Official Plan Amendment. The purpose of this meeting is to provide a recommendation to approve this Town-initiated Official Plan Amendment. You can attend the meeting online or in person.

Meeting date: Monday, April 20, 2026
Time: 6:30 p.m.
Location: Council Chamber, Town Hall, 1225 Trafalgar Road

What is proposed?

The Town is proposing new policies in the Livable Oakville Plan (Official Plan) about housing. The policies provide an updated framework for how the town will consider housing as part of future development applications and when making planning decisions. The Official Plan Amendment does not propose new development. 

The purpose of the Official Plan Amendment is to modify the text of the Livable Oakville Plan to accommodate a new Section 7 – Housing, and make various amendments to:

• be consistent with the Provincial Policy Statement, 2024
•  assist to amalgamate the Region of Halton Official Plan with the Livable Oakville Plan
• respond to the Halton Region Comprehensive Housing Strategy
• respond to directions, findings and recommendations of the Town of Oakville Housing Strategy and Action Plan and Housing Needs Assessment

The effect of the proposed amendment would make changes to various sections of the Livable Oakville Plan, including:

• a new Housing section (Section 7)
• revisions to Residential Land Use policies (Section 11)
• revisions to the Mixed Use Land Use policies (Section 12)
• update to monitoring policy (Section 30)
• revisions to definitions (Section 31)

The primary change adds a new Section 7 – Housing, to the Livable Oakville Plan. It provides housing objectives and policies under the following sub-headings:

•  Supporting Housing Supply and Growth Management (Section 7.2.1)
• Developing Livable and Complete Communities (Section 7.2.2)
• Enhancing Housing Choice (Section 7.2.3)
• Encouraging and Protecting Rental Housing (Section 7.2.4)
• Supporting Affordability (Section 7.2.5)
• Engagement and Collaboration (Section 7.2.6)

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 & Meetings page the Friday before the meeting.

To review the submission materials, visit the Official Plan Housing Policies page for more information on the project.

Review the supporting material

Any reports, studies and plans related to this proposal are available to review on the project 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.caa. 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:

Register before noon on the day of the meeting by completing the Delegation Request Form; or, 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's 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'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 & Development Guide page.

Related applications

To view the active development applications across the Town, visit the Active Development Applications 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 opinion 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 March 30, 2026.