A Hamilton development that received final approval from the Ontario Land Tribunal (OLT) in 2023 is being forced through the planning approvals process a second time, a direct consequence of the provincial government’s legislative response to the Greenbelt scandal.
The owner of 442-462 Wilson Street East in Ancaster was required to restart its OLT-approved planning application after the province passed Bill 150, Planning Statute Law Amendment Act, 2023, legislation intended to void specific Official Plan Amendments (OPAs) linked to the scandal.
Council denied the original application a 5-1 vote at the July 5, 2022, Planning Committee meeting. (Item 12 in the minutes.) The development appealed to the OLT. In September 2023, the corporate owner, 2691893 Ontario Inc., reached a settlement agreement with the City of Hamilton and local neighbours.
That agreement secured OLT approval for a three-to-seven storey mixed-use building featuring 158 residential units to be constructed at the corner of Wilson Street East and Rousseau Street.
However, despite having no direct link to the Greenbelt scandal — unlike a nearby development, 392-412 Wilson Street East, which was part of the Greenbelt scandal — the 442-462 Wilson Street East OPA was included in the sweep of cancellations initiated by Bill 150, which came into effect on December 6, 2023. This provincial action wiped clean the OLT’s prior settlement approval, nullifying the approved OPA.
Following the cancellation, 2691893 Ontario Inc. (c/o Adakite) filed a new application on May 27, 2025, seeking effectively the same zoning permissions as agreed in the voided settlement.
Under the Planning Act, applicants may file an appeal to the OLT if a municipal council fails to make a decision on an Official Plan Amendment or Zoning By-law Amendment within 120 days of submission.
The 120-day deadline passed on September 24, 2025, and the developer immediately filed a non-decision appeal.
“It is unfortunate any time there is not an opportunity for municipal decision makers and the community to have a role in what gets built in our wards,” Ward 12 Councillor Craig Cassar stated in response to the development’s action. “It is disappointing.”
The Ontario Land Tribunal has assigned the matter case number OLT-25-000782. No hearing dates have yet been set.
More information on the project, including a link to the planning application documents, is available on Clr Cassar’s website here.
OLT Information
Case Number: OLT-25-000782
Status (as of October 21, 2025): Intake
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