Notice of Passing OPA26.001

This Notice is to advise you that in accordance with Sections 17(23) of the Planning Act, R.S.O. 1990, Chapter P.13, the Council of the Corporation of the Town of Whitchurch-Stouffville at its meeting on May 6, 2026 has made the decision to:

PASS BY-LAW 2026-033-OP

OPA File No. OPA26.001, Town Wide

Explanation of the Purpose & Effect of By-law 2026-033-OP:

The purpose and effect of this Amendment to the Town’s Official Plan is to consolidate a number of Official Plan Amendments that were previously approved or have since been approved, following Council Adoption of the New Official Plan on May 15, 2024, including:

OPA 136 – Ballantrae Musselman’s Lake Secondary Plan, approved by the Ontario Land Tribunal, January 31, 2025 (OLT-22-003616).

OPA 166 – 5964 Main Street and 28 Fairview Avenue, Stouffville (Hyson Properties), approved by the Ontario Land Tribunal on January 13, 2025.

OPA 167 – 5262, 5270, 5286 and 5318 Main Street and 12371 Highway 48, Stouffville (2440332 Ontario Inc.), approved on October 17, 2024.

OPA 168 – 6031 – 6037 Main Street, Stouffville (Mill Woods Corporation), approved April 2, 2025.

OPA 169 - 15400 Highway 48, (Town of Whitchurch-Stouffville), approved June 4, 2025.

OPA 170 - 5194, 5208, 5222, 5232 Aurora Road and 15288, 15300, 15310 and 15322 Highway 48, Stouffville (Hammerford Ballantrae Limited), approved February 24, 2026.

OPA 171 - 5310 and 5322 Aurora Road, Stouffville, (Xin Yin Inc.), approved by the Ontario Land Tribunal, November 27, 2025 (OLT-24-000448).

OPA 109 – Archdiocese of Toronto Catholic Cemetery, 17166 Woodbine Avenue, Stouffville (Deferral No. 1, which was subsequently approved by the Region of York on June 10, 2005).

In addition, the purpose of the Amendment is to include additional policies from the York Region Official Plan, 2022 and required changes to enable the Town to revoke the York Region Official Plan. Through the Province’s enactment of Bill 185, Cutting Red Tape to Build More Homes Act, the Region of York was deemed an upper-tier municipality without planning responsibilities. As per S. 70.13 (2) of the Planning Act, the portions of an official plan of an upper tier municipality without planning responsibilities that are in effect and that apply in respect of any area in a lower-tier municipality are deemed to constitute an official plan of the lower-tier municipality, and the York Region Official Plan, 2022 remains in effect until the lower-tier municipality revokes it or amends it to provide otherwise.

View the full notice here.