UBE Application: White Church Secondary Plan

Description of Proposal

The Official Plan Amendment application seeks to create a Secondary Plan for the White Church area. The application states that the Secondary Plan would accommodate a range of residential, commercial, institutional, and open spaces uses at varying densities. The proposed minimum residential unit count for the Secondary Plan area is 4,836 units at 22 units per hectare. 

It is important to note that Bill 150, the Planning Statute Law Amendment Act, 2023 received Royal Assent on December 6, 2023. This Act had the effect of deeming previous Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing modifications to the Urban and Rural Hamilton Official Plan that brought these lands into the Hamilton urban boundary as never to have been made.

This means that these lands are not within the urban boundary. The lands would need to be brought into the urban boundary before the Secondary Plan application is considered.  

Application Status: The City of Hamilton deemed the application incomplete on January 12, 2024. The decision to deem the application incomplete was appealed to the Ontario Land Tribunal under Section 22(6.2) of the Planning Act on February 9, 2024 by the applicant. Visit OLT-24-000156 for the status of the appeal.

Application Form

• White Church Road Secondary Plan Application(PDF, 2.76 MB)

Associated Materials

Landowner Group Name: Whitechurch Landowners Group Inc. 

Registered Owner(s) listed on Application: Whitechurch Landowners Group Inc. Note: There may be landowners within the proposed expansion area that are not listed as part of the application.

Applicant: Urban Solutions Planning & Land Development Consultants Inc. C/O Matt Johnston