Approval of Official Plan Amendment Application

The Council of the Corporation of the County of Brant has passed By-law No. 46-26 on June 9, 2026, pursuant to the provisions of Section 17(23) of the Planning Act, R.S.O. 1990, as amended.

  1. By-law No. 46-26
  2. An explanation of the purpose and effect of By-law No. 46-26

How do I appeal an approval?

A person or public body may file with the Clerk of the Corporation of the County of Brant located at 66 Grand River St. N., Paris, Ontario N3L 2M2, a Notice of Appeal to the approval of the Official Plan Amendment Application no later than 4:00 P.M. on July 13, 2026. The appeal must include details of all or the portion of the By-law to which there is an appeal including reasons for the appeal. The documents must also be accompanied by prescribed fee of $1,100.00 payable to the “Minister of Finance” together with a separate fee of $261.00 payable to the “County of Brant” as per the County of Brant’s Development Services fees.

No person or public body shall be added as a party to the hearing of the appeal unless, before the plan was adopted, the person or public body made oral submissions at a public meeting or written submissions to the council or, in the opinion of the Ontario Land Tribunal, there are reasonable grounds to add the person or public body as a party.

If no Notice of Appeal has been filed with the Clerk of the Municipality within the time provided as stipulated above; the bylaw thereupon comes into effect and does not require the approval of the Local Planning Appeal Tribunal.

If a Notice of Appeal has been filed with the Clerk of the Municipality within the time provided as stipulated above, the By-law Application shall be submitted to the Ontario Land Tribunal and will not come into effect unless approved by the Ontario Land Tribunal.

As per Section 17(25.1) of the Planning Act, if the appellant intends to argue that the appealed decision is inconsistent with a policy statement issued under subsection 3 (1), fails to conform with or conflicts with a provincial plan, the Notice of Appeal must also explain how the decision is inconsistent with, fails to conform with or conflicts with the other document. 2019, c.9, Sched. 12, s. 3(4).

The proposed Official Plan Amendment is exempt from approval by the Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing. The decision of the council is final if a notice of appeal is not received on or before the last day for filing a notice of appeal.

The last day for filing an appeal is July 13 2026. The appeal must be received by 4:00 P.M. on this date in order to be valid.