Ransom Street Townhouses (Acton)

Application Descriptions

The purpose of the applications is to establish the necessary land use permissions to allow for 10 two-storey townhouse units to be accessed by a private laneway. The Official Plan Amendment Application would change the designation from “Low Density Residential Area” to “Medium Density Residential Area”. The Zoning By-law Amendment Application seeks to change the zoning from a zone that permits single detached dwellings to a zone that permits townhouses.

Project Status

• Applications filed in May 2020
• Statutory Public Meeting held on September 14, 2020 at 6 p.m. A staff presentation was provided by Greg Macdonald, Senior Planner, Development Review, followed by comments from the applicant's planning consultant
• View the Public Meeting Report
• View the Public Meeting Presentation
• A second submission with revised technical reports and a revised concept plan which increased the number of visitor parking spaces from 3 to 4 was submitted to the Town in December 2020 (see Background Reports tab)
• A recommendation report from Town planning staff was presented to Council on April 12, 2021. Council voted to refuse the Official Plan and Zoning By-law Amendments; therefore, the townhouse proposal was denied.
• View the Recommendation Report
• The Applicant has appealed Council’s decision to deny the applications to the Ontario Land Tribunal (OLT).  The OLT lead case number for the appeal is PL210303.
• Once OLT schedules a Hearing or Case Management Conference, all property owners and/or tenants within 120 m of the subject lands and all those whom had written or presented as part of the application process will be mailed information on how to participate in a future OLT Hearing or Case Management Conference.  
• If you have any questions about the development please contact Greg Macdonald, Senior Planner, Development Review for the Town. Email Greg Macdonald

Background Reports

For copies of any of the following reports and/or information can be requested by e-mailing Greg Macdonald.

First Submission (Received May 2020)

• Concept Plan
• Concept Rendering
• Phase One Environmental Site Assessment
• Planning Justification Report
• Functional Servicing and Stormwater Management Report
• Noise Feasibility Study
• Traffic Impact Study
• Geotechnical Investigation
• Arborist Report
• Tree Inventory
• Engineering Drawings

 Second Submission (Received December 2020)

• Updated Concept Plan
• Updated Concept Rendering
• Conceptual Landscape Plan
• Planning Justification Report Addendum
• Updated Urban Design Brief
• Updated Functional Servicing and Stormwater Management Report
• Updated Noise Feasibility Study
• Updated Traffic Impact Study
• Downstream Sanitary Capacity Analysis
• Updated Engineering Drawings