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Guidelines for the Preparation of a Planning Justification Report
Published by City of Hamilton
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
- Type
- Guide
- Published by
- City of Hamilton
- Date
- April 27, 2018
- Also called
- Guidelines for Planning Justification Reports
- For
- designer
- Building types
- All building types
- Pages
- 6
Overview
The City of Hamilton's guidelines for the preparation of a Planning Justification Report, updated April 27, 2018 by Development Planning, Heritage and Design. They cover reports for Official Plan Amendment, Zoning By-law Amendment, Draft Plan of Subdivision and Site Plan applications, the shorter Planning Justification Brief, and the report's sections: introduction, site context, description of the proposal, policy and planning analysis, summary and appendices, with notes on residential densities, documents under appeal and rental-to-condominium conversions. Hamilton's Development Application Guidelines also hold a Planning Justification Report sheet.
What it covers
- Purpose and Objective
- Planning Justification Briefs
- Report Content
- Introduction
- Site Context
- Description of the Proposal
- Policy and Planning Analysis
- Applications for Residential Uses
- Documents Under Appeal
- Applications for Conversion from Rental Tenure to Condominium Ownership
- Summary/Conclusion
- Appendices, Figures, Maps and Plans
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