Weston Consulting is the…

Weston Consulting is the authorized planning consultant for H&L Title Inc. and Ledbury Investments Ltd., the owner of the land municipally known as 9081 Weston Road in the City of Vaughan. the owner of the land municipally known as 9081 Weston Road in the City of Vaughan. The purpose of this submission is to request modifications to the VOP 2025 to permit a mixed use designation on the Subject Property. The location of the Subject Property represents an appropriate transition between the low-rise residential neighbourhood to the west of Weston Road and the Vaughan Mills Shopping Centre east of Highway 400 to create a more integrated and complete community with residential and non-residential uses with a mix of densities. Amendments to the Planning Act and the introduction of the Provincial Planning Statement 2024 in October 2024 regarding the definitions of “area of employment” / “employment area” and associated land use permissions further reinforce our opinions.

Limiting the permitted uses on the Subject Property primarily to industrial, manufacturing and warehousing will impede development of the site due to its location between an established residential neighbourhood and the Vaughan Mills Shopping Centre. A mixed use designation is, in our opinion, consistent with the PPS 2024, and it would also be in keeping with the conclusions of the City-commissioned 2009 report titled “Where & How to Grow”, which identified the area between Weston Road and Highway 400, south of Rutherford Road, including the Subject Property, as an area suitable and appropriate for residential and mixed use intensification