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Development Application Guidelines: Planning Justification Report

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This is the City of Hamilton’s document, as published on its website on 19 October 2026. The municipality may have changed it since: check the current version at the source. Legal notice

Overview

Hamilton's Development Application Guidelines for a Planning Justification Report, the planning rationale showing how a proposal conforms to applicable policies and good planning principles, in a February 19, 2026 edition and an earlier one issued as Appendix "B25" to Report PED22112(d). It names a Registered Professional Planner or Certified Planning Technician as author, lists the report's general sections from Introduction and Site Context to Policy and Planning Analysis, and lists studies that can be combined within it, such as a Housing Report, Transit Assessment or Right of Way Impact Assessment.

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Guidelines for Planning Justification Reports
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