Message from David Godley of Long Branch regarding final approval of OPA 320

A previous post is entitled: Settlement reached regarding City of Toronto Official Plan Amendment (OPA) 320 – You can access text and PDF at this post Now settled in at Stratford, I continue to follow with interest events in Long Branch, where I lived for twenty-one years. It is most interesting to be keeping up […]

David Godley’s Long Branch Update – January 2019

You can access David Godley’s January 2018 Long Branch update here: david godley jan 2019 I don’t always get around to posting his updates, having moved to Stratford but sometimes I post them. The email from David has two Word documents which I’ve converted to PDFs: OPA320 Rogalski[1] 11stantlabpres1[1] Conversion of emails to PDF: Convenience; […]

Comments regarding Nov. 27, 2018 community meeting, regarding proposed lot-split/overbuilding application for 710 Lansdowne Ave. in Ward 9, Toronto

Settlement reached regarding City of Toronto Official Plan Amendment (OPA) 320 – You can access text and PDF at this post

I subscribe to the Toronto Edition of the Novae Res Urbis (NRU) newsletter. That’s how I learned about the settlement, that is the topic of the current post. A subscription to the NRU newsletter is tremendously valuable for any person seeking to keep track of land-use planning issues in Toronto. I make a point of […]

Developer presents plans for 710 Lansdowne Ave. on Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2018 at 6:30 pm, at the Wallace Emerson Community Centre, at Dupont & Dufferin

How to proceed with a media interview, related to a lot-splitting/overbuilding application, if you are not experienced at this task

I’ve been involved with media interviews for over 30 years, as part of my volunteer work. I’ve appeared in local, regional, and national media interviews. I’ve helped many people prepare for such interviews, as well. By media, I refer to radio, television, and print news reports and features. How I became involved in this area is […]

Long Branch (Ward 3) residents share advice with residents facing lot-split/overbuilding application on Lansdowne Ave (Ward 9) – Part 2

Long Branch (Ward 3) residents share advice with residents facing lot-split/overbuilding application on Lansdowne Ave (Ward 9)

Question regarding case of building permit that allows bigger and taller house than committee of adjustment and OMB have granted

I’ve received an interesting question. The case involves an application that been approved by both the committee of adjustment, and by the OMB on appeal, for variances to allow the owners to enlarge their house. The owners in question, as I understand, went to the city’s building department with other plans (even larger and taller than […]

David Juliusson comments on demolition of the house, built in 1927, where Marie Curtis lived when she served as Reeve of the Village of Long Branch

The purpose of the current post is to bring attention to the demolition, in June 2018, of the former house of Marie Curtis, who many years ago served as a celebrated, highly regarded elected official at the Village of Long Branch. That is to say, David Juliusson of Long Branch has added a comment at […]