WHEREAS the Glen Abbey Golf Course is a significant cultural heritage landscape that has been designated by the Council of the Town of Oakville as a property of cultural heritage value or interest under section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act;
AND WHEREAS the owner of the Glen Abbey Golf Course, ClubLink Corporation ULC and ClubLink Holdings Limited (ClubLink), has made an application under the Ontario Heritage Act to demolish the Glen Abbey Golf Course to facilitate a residential and commercial development of the property;
AND WHEREAS ClubLink has also made applications to the Town under the Planning Act to permit the redevelopment of the Glen Abbey Golf Course for residential and commercial purposes;
AND WHEREAS the demolition of the Glen Abbey Golf Course and proposed redevelopment would result in the cultural heritage value of the property not being conserved as required by the Provincial Policy Statement and A place to Grow: Growth Plan for the Greater Golden Horseshoe;
AND WHEREAS both the Provincial Policy Statement and the Growth Plan require the integration of land use planning, growth management, transit-supportive development, intensification and infrastructure planning;
AND WHEREAS in accordance with the policy direction in the Provincial Policy Statement, Growth Plan, and Halton Region Official Plan, the Town through the Livable Oakville Official Plan has established an urban structure based on strategic growth areas aligned with planned transit infrastructure, which are to be the focus for accommodating intensification and higher density mixed uses in a transit supportive manner;
AND WHEREAS the redevelopment proposed by ClubLink for the Glen Abbey Golf Course lands would undermine the Town’s urban structure;
AND WHEREAS ClubLink has appealed its demolition application, redevelopment applications, and other planning instruments adopted by the Town to the Ontario Land Tribunal;
AND WHEREAS the Tribunal has scheduled a hearing of about 25 weeks in duration to consider such appeals; and the Town and the Region of Halton are parties to that hearing in order to protect the Glen Abbey Golf Course cultural heritage landscape and to ensure the Town’s urban structure is upheld;
AND WHEREAS protecting precious cultural heritage resources within the Town and requiring that development conforms to the Town’s planned urban structure are fundamental to ensuring the social, environmental and economic well-being of the citizens of the Town;
AND WHEREAS the conservation of irreplaceable cultural heritage resources to support the social, economic and cultural well-being of communities, and the management of growth in a way that ensures sustainable, transit-supportive development through the integration of development planning and infrastructure planning, are matters of provincial concern;
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED
THAT the Province is requested to use the following tools:
- an order by the Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing under section 47 of the Planning Act to ensure the conservation of the Glen Abbey Golf Course cultural heritage landscape;
- special legislation to ensure the conservation of the Glen Abbey Golf Course cultural heritage landscape;
- an order by the Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing establishing the Glen Abbey Golf Course lands as a development planning area under the Ontario Planning and Development Act, and preparation and approval of the development plan to ensure the conservation of the Glen Abbey Golf Course cultural heritage landscape; and
- that the Minister advise the Ontario Land Tribunal under section 22(11.1) and section 17(51) of the Planning Act that a matter of provincial interest is, or is likely to be, adversely affected by the amendment in respect of which the appeal is made regarding ClubLink’s proposed official plan amendment (PL171084) and ClubLink’s appeals of Town of Oakville official Plan Amendment No. 15 (PL180580) and Town of Oakville Official Plan Amendment No. 24 (PL180158).
AND FURTHER THAT the province is requested to fully support the Town and the Region in proceedings related to the conservation of the Glen Abbey Golf Course cultural heritage landscape and protection of the Town’s urban structure.