Sara Forster-Murphy - New - Approval for a consent (subject to conditions) in an area where there is no official plan in place

The purpose of the applications is to sever two new lots for continued commercial use from an existing commercial resort property, together with easements to ensure legal access to the severed and retained properties over the private road known as Beaverland Road. 

Application 48-C-257576 would sever a lot approximately 0.51 hectares with approximately 31 metres of frontage on Marten Lake, together with an access easement over the existing private roadway approximately 30 metres in length by 6.8 metres in width. The proposed lot currently contains five cabins and one trailer, docks, and is serviced by private septic. 

The retained property is approximately 3.3 hectares with approximately 230 metres of frontage on Marten Lake. It’s currently used for commercial resource-based recreational purposes, as well as the dwelling of the owner-operator, and its use is not proposed to change. It currently contains five cabins, a recreation hall, a principal dwelling, two storage sheds and a barn. The site also contains approximately four sheds that will be torn down and several small docks 

No new construction or site alteration is proposed as a result of this application.

The application will be reviewed for consistency with the environmental policies of the Provincial Planning Statement (e.g., natural heritage, water quality protection). Public comments received or concerns identified will be considered in the review to determine whether the application is consistent with the Provincial Planning Statement and whether it would have any significant impact on the environment.

If you have any questions, or would like to submit comments, please do so either online (below), by letter or phone to the contact person listed. Please submit your comment during the 30-day public consultation period and reference the Environmental Registry Number 025-0676. 

Your personal information may be used in the decision-making process on this proposal and it may be used to contact you if clarification of your comment is required. It may be shared (along with your comment) with other Ontario ministries for use in the decision-making process. Questions about this collection should be directed to the contact listed.

If a person or public body that wishes to file an appeal in respect of the proposed consent does not submit written comments to the Minister before the Minister gives or refuses to give a provisional consent (e.g., during the public consultation period), the Ontario Land Tribunal may dismiss the appeal. Appeal of a decision of the Minister in respect of this consent may be made by a specified person or any public body not later than 20 days after notice of the decision is given. If you wish to be notified of the decision of the Minister in respect of the proposed consent, you must make a written request to the Minister at the contact address.

As required under the Planning Act, a public notice will be published in the Sturgeon Falls West Nipissing Tribune on June 24, 2026.