Thu, 02 Dec 2021
Notice of Complete Application
Proposed Official Plan Amendment
530, 550, 588 Kerr Street and 131, 171 Speers Road
April Investments Limited, 527079 Ontario Limited and Trans County Development Corp
OPA1616.56, Ward 2
The Town of Oakville has received a complete application by April Investments Limited, 527079 Ontario Limited, Trans County Development Corp for a proposed official plan amendment.
The application seeks to amend the Livable Oakville Plan to permit redevelopment of the existing commercial plazas at the northwest corner of Kerr Street and Speers Road with a site area of 4.8 hectares (11.8 acres).
The effect of the proposed official plan amendment would be to permit eleven (11) new buildings ranging in height from a minimum of eight (8) storeys to a maximum of twenty eight (28) storeys. On a block basis, approximately 1,847 residential units are proposed together with 7,900 metres squared (85,000 feet squared) of retail gross floor area, inclusive of a grocery store. A new 0.4 ha (1 acre) Public Park is proposed to be centrally located within the block together with a new urban square at the northwest corner of Kerr Street and Speers Road.
A new public road is proposed to be comprised of a westerly extension of Shepherd Road. and a northerly extension of St. Augustine Drive. One new mid-block private road is proposed.
The subject land is located on the northwest corner of Kerr Street and Speers Road.
Part of this land, located at 550 Kerr Street, is also subject to a proposed zoning by-law amendment (File No. Z.1616.55) that has been appealed to the Ontario Land Tribunal (Case No. PL200333).
If a person or public body would otherwise have an ability to appeal the decision of the Town of Oakville 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 Council c/o the Town Clerk at the Town of Oakville, Clerk’s department, 1225 Trafalgar Road, Oakville, ON L6H 0H3 (Dropbox is located in front of Town Hall) or at TownClerk@oakville.ca before the 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 submissions to Council c/o the Town Clerk at the Town of Oakville, Clerk’s department, before the proposed official plan amendment is adopted, the person or public body may not be added as a party to the hearing of an appeal before the Ontario Land Tribunal unless, in the opinion of the Tribunal, there are reasonable grounds to do so.
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
For more information about this matter, including information about preserving your appeal rights, you may view the information on the town’s development applications page, or contact Paul Barrette, Senior Planner, Planning Services department at 905-845-6601, ext. 3041 (TTY 905-338-4200) or at paul.barrette@oakville.ca
The personal information accompanying your submission is being collected under the authority of the Planning Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. P.13, as amended, and can form part of the public record which may be released to the public.
Dated at the Town of Oakville December 2, 2021