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Planning application · Committee of Adjustment · Consent

Split the lot

56 Norton Ave · East Willowdale · Ward 18 Willowdale

The owner is asking for permission to divide the property or change its lot lines to obtain consent to sever a portion of the land for the purpose of a lot addition to create a new building lot. The decision has been appealed.

City file B0014/16NY · Data as of Nov 13, 2026 · Every item lists its source

Where it is in the process
  1. SubmittedMar 11, 2016
  2. HearingFeb 9, 2017
  3. DecisionRefused by the Committee
  4. NowAppealed to the Ontario Land Tribunal
  5. NextAppeal hearing and decision

01Have your say

Nothing scheduled right now

Because the application has been appealed, the Ontario Land Tribunal, not the Committee of Adjustment, will make the decision. No public meeting or comment deadline is set at the moment.

Follow it below and we’ll email you if a hearing is scheduled. Your councillor can tell you how the City is handling the appeal.

Your councillor

Lily Cheng, Ward 18 Willowdale. Councillors can hear your views on this application.

Follow this applicationGet an email when 56 Norton Ave changes

One email when something changes: a meeting or hearing date, a decision, a new City notice, an appeal or a permit. Nothing otherwise. Free, and it ends once a building permit is issued.

We’ll send a link to confirm first. You can follow up to 10 applications.

02What’s proposed

To obtain consent to sever a portion of the land for the purpose of a lot addition to create a new building lot.

The application’s description, from the City’s Committee of Adjustment data. A consent is permission to divide a property or change its lot lines.

03Timeline

  1. Mar 11, 2016Application submitted to the City.
  2. Feb 9, 2017Committee of Adjustment hearing: refused.
  3. —Appealed to the Ontario Land Tribunal. Date not published in the City’s data; from now on we record the date we first see each change.

04City files and documents

TypeFileStatus
ConsentFile B0014/16NYUnder appealThe City’s Application Information Centre

Plans, studies and staff reports are on the City’s Application Information Centre. We link to them rather than copy them.

05Nearby applications

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The red dot is this application. The circle shows 400 metres, about a 5-minute walk.

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  6. 6
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06Quick answers about this application

What is being built at 56 Norton Ave?

To obtain consent to sever a portion of the land for the purpose of a lot addition to create a new building (file B0014/16NY). Source: Committee of Adjustment Applications, as of Nov 13, 2026.

Was the application at 56 Norton Ave approved?

Appealed to the Ontario Land Tribunal. Source: Committee of Adjustment Applications, as of Nov 13, 2026.

Who is the councillor for 56 Norton Ave?

Lily Cheng, Ward 18 Willowdale. Source: City Wards and Councillors, as of Nov 13, 2026.

Sources: City of Toronto Development Applications, Committee of Adjustment Applications, Public Notices and Building Permits (Open Data, updated nightly). Not legal advice. Something wrong? Tell us.

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