Committee of Adjustment

1. Review the Minor Variance Application Manual or Consent Application Manual

2. Request a Preliminary (PARC) Meeting to review your application with planning staff prior to submitting the application. 

3. Complete and submit the application form, you will require the following:

• Contact information, including name, address, phone number and email address (as identified on their government-issued I.D.) for the property owner(s) and agent (if applicable) 
• Preliminary Meeting Date and Town Staff Names 
• Property information such as:
  • municipal address,
  • roll number/ARN, 
  • legal description, 
  • Greenbelt Plan designation, Niagara Escarpment Plan designation and/or Oak Ridges Moraine Conservation Plan designation
  • Region of Peel Official Plan designation
  • Town of Caledon Official Plan designation
  • Zoning of the property and the applicable Zoning By-law Number (i.e. Zoning By-law 2006-50, Zoning By-law 87-250, or other site specific by-law)
  • If the property is regulated by a Conservation Authority and if so, which Conservation Authority
  • The planning applications applicable to the property including the status and file number
• Supporting material and documentation in PDF format:
  • Site Plan or Sketch Plan
  • Legal Opinion (for a Validation Certificate)

4. The Secretary-Treasurer will contact you to confirm receipt of the application and to arrange payment for all associated fees.

5. Following the submission of the 'complete' application the Secretary-Treasurer will contact you with a hearing date.

Please note: An application is only deemed 'complete' when it has been commissioned and payment of all associated fees and submission of all material required by agencies and departments has been received.

1. Once the application is deemed 'complete' the Secretary-Treasurer will provide you with a hearing date and confirm if you are participating in-person or remotely at the hearing.  If you choose to participate remotely, you will receive an email containing the Cisco WebEx meeting invitation.

2. The hearing agenda will be published one (1) week prior to the hearing date and can be accessed through the Council and Committee Calendar on the Town's website. 

3. At the hearing, you, the applicant, or your agent will be provided an opportunity to provide any new information regarding the application not previously submitted to the Town.  

4. The Committee will be provided an opportunity to ask questions about the application and receive responses from Town staff and/or the applicant.

5. Members of the public will be provided an opportunity to make verbal and written submissions regarding the application.

6. The Committee will make a decision on the application. 

7. Following the hearing the Secretary-Treasurer will issue a notice of decision, you will receive the notice of decision via  mail.

1. Following a hearing the Secretary-Treasure will issue a notice of decision for each application. Any person or public body may appeal a decision of the Committee of Adjustment, no later than twenty (20) days following the notice of decision. 
2. Complete the Notice of Appeal form available on the Ontario Land Tribunal (OLT) website http://olt.gov.on.ca.
3. Submit the Notice of Appeal form to the Secretary-Treasurer by email at cofa.agenda@caledon.ca 
4. The Secretary-Treasurer of the Committee of Adjustment will contact you with the appeal fee and payment method.
5. Following the submission of the Notice of Appeal and associated fees the OLT will contact you with additional details. 

If you wish to speak to a specific application listed on the agenda package, please register in advance by completing the electronic registration form.

Register to Delegate

Note: Complete and submit your electronic registration form prior to the start of the scheduled hearing.

Alternatively, you can submit comments in writing before the hearing to COFA.Agenda@caledon.ca. All comments submitted are considered public information and will be entered into the public record.