For the development community, one of the biggest changes in the plan is to the Local Planning Appeal Tribunal Act (LPAT), formerly known as the Ontario Municipal Board (OMB), an adjudicative tribunal that hears cases in relation to a range of municipal planning, financial and land matters. According to the plan, the proposed changes will allow the LPAT to hear appeals with fresh evidence for major land use planning decisions; increase powers to manage and decide cases to reduce delays; appoint additional adjudicators to address the backlog of cases that has tied up about 100,000 units in Toronto alone and to manage ongoing and future caseloads; and move towards a system that is more self-sustaining, ensuring that access to the LPAT is not so expensive to the point that cost would be an obstacle for those seeking to launch an appeal. For OHBA, one of the most significant changes is that the LPAT would make decisions based on good planning principles, as opposed to a conformity test READ HERE
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