Improving Community Consultation in the Development Review Process

The City of Toronto is exploring new options for public participation in the development review process, and we want to hear from you. Ongoing changes to the City’s development review process, including significantly reduced decision-making and approval timelines under Bill 109, have highlighted the need to explore new options for public participation in the development review process.

Beginning in February 2024, City staff will conduct city-wide public consultation, targeted stakeholder consultation and industry consultation, to obtain feedback on proposed changes and to explore further improvements to the consultation process.

How would you like to be informed about changes in your area? How can we improve? Let us know by participating in one of the consultation events below.

We are exploring new options for public participation in the development review process, and we want to hear from you. How would you like to be informed about changes in your area? How can we improve? Let us know by participating in one of the events below.

In-person Consultation Events

  • March 5, 2024: 6 to 8 p.m. – North York Memorial Community Hall, 5100 Yonge Street (Ground Floor)
  • March 12, 2024: 6 to 8 p.m. – Metro Hall, 55 John Street (Third Floor, Rooms 308-309)
  • March 20, 2024: 6 to 8 p.m. – Etobicoke Civic Centre, 399 The West Mall (Meeting Rooms 1, 2 & 3)
  • March 26, 2024: 6 to 8 p.m. – Scarborough Civic Centre, 150 Borough Drive (Ground Floor, Central Rotunda)

No registration is required for in-person events.

Toronto-wide Virtual Events

  • March 21, 2024: 12 to 1 p.m.
  • April 9, 2024: 12 to 1 p.m.
  • April 10, 2024: 6:30 to 8 p.m.

Register for a virtual event.

Survey

Please fill out this short survey. Your feedback will be used to better understand how members of the public engage with City Planning about development proposals and will help shape improvements to the process.

March and April 2024:

Improving Community Consultation in the Development Review Process Public Open House Presentation

January 29, 2024:

PH9.4 – Improving Community Consultation in the Development Review Process – Proposals Report

The Planning and Housing Committee:

  1. Requested the Interim Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, to undertake stakeholder and public consultation regarding pre-application consultation with local communities and Councillors, including the development industry/sector to ensure fulsome consideration and partnerships to mitigate risks to cost recovery of the development review process, and community consultation meetings, and report back to the Planning and Housing Committee by the end of second quarter of 2024.
  2. Requested the Interim Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, in consultation with the City Solicitor, to establish clear requirements for recording and publishing virtual community consultation meetings on the City of Toronto’s digital platforms, including standard requirements for the collection of necessary personal information under the Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act.