Glen Schnarr & Associates…

Glen Schnarr & Associates Inc. (GSAI) are the planning consultants to Valery Homes under their registered Eaglewood Communities Inc. (the ‘Owner’) of the lands municipally known as 1354 Bronte Road, in the Town of Oakville (the ‘Subject Lands’ or ‘Site’). On behalf of the Owner, we are submitting this Comment Letter in relation to the ongoing Parkway Belt West Plan review (ERO No. 019-6167).

The Subject Lands are located on the west side of Bronte Road, north of the Queen Elizabeth Way (see Aerial Context Plan on the next page). Based on the in-effect policy framework, the Site is currently subject to the Parkway Belt West Plan, as amended, is designated ‘Urban Area’ by the in-effect Halton Regional Official Plan, as amended, and is further designated ‘Low Density Residential’ by the in-effect Livable Oakville Plan. Collectively, the in-effect policy framework identifies the Subject Lands as an appropriate location for compact, higher density residential development to occur. This is strengthened by the Site’s location within a vibrant and evolving community of the Town, including the Glen Abbey Encore development occurring to the east of the Subject Lands.

We have reviewed the proposed More Homes Built Faster Act (‘Act’), 2022, released on October 25, 2022 and the Ministerial Comment Letter, dated October 28, 2022. We note that the Act, as currently contemplated, identifies that the Parkway Belt West Plan is proposed to be revoked in its entirety. We support the Parkway Belt West Plan in its entirety being revoked in order to facilitate development to occur in strategic locations, that support Provincial, Regional and local policy objectives. Until the Act is finalized, we request that our Client’s active site-specific Parkway Belt West Plan Amendment application, which has been subject to technical review for nearly two (2) years, be approved to enable the advancement and approval of the above-noted local development application by the Town of Oakville as expeditiously as possible and as early as Q2 2023.