The City of Toronto is formalizing its pre-application consultation process for certain applications under the Planning Act, making pre-application consultation mandatory for all official plan amendment (OPA), zoning bylaw amendment (ZBA), site plan approval (SPA), and plan of subdivision (Subdivision) applications. The city-wide requirements will come into effect on Nov. 1, 2022.
At its Feb. 2 and 3, 2022 meeting, City Council adopted Official Plan Amendment 550 (OPA 550) and an amendment to Chapter 415 of the Toronto Municipal Code (Code Amendment) to establish the legislative and policy basis to require mandatory pre-application consultation for certain development applications under the Planning Act.
Landowners, developers and builders should be aware after Nov. 1, 2022, OPA, ZBLA, SPA and Subdivision applications will not be accepted, and the time periods under the Planning Act will not commence, unless the pre-application consultation process has been completed.
These changes are part of the ongoing review of the City’s development process being undertaken by the Concept 2 Keys (C2K) Office. The C2K Office was created in response to the recommendations made in the City’s 2019 “End-to-End Review of the Development Review Process”. The objective of the C2K Office is to implement improvements to the development review process and foster better collaboration between City divisions and between development applicants and City staff.
Further details regarding the fee for pre-application consultation will be provided as part of the ongoing Development Application Fee Review undertaken by the C2K Office.
