Planning approvals and expert evidence
A successful TLAB appeal for a six-storey, ten-home apartment building on an individual lot along Pharmacy Avenue.
Applying new housing permissions
This six-storey proposal would introduce ten homes on an individual lot along Pharmacy Avenue, including larger apartments suited to families and multigenerational households. Scorgie Planning led the planning application for Tristone Partners, working with Noam Hazan Design Studio and Idels Architect Inc.
Expert planning evidence
Following refusal by the Committee of Adjustment, Blair provided independent written and oral planning evidence at a two-day TLAB hearing. His analysis examined how the new Major Streets housing permissions should operate alongside older site-specific zoning, using a neighbourhood study and detailed assessment of the requested variances, building organization and effects on adjacent properties.
TLAB decision
The TLAB allowed the appeal on July 28, 2026. Its decision accepted Blair’s analysis of the relationship between the new housing framework and the property’s particular circumstances. Approval was tied to the specified site plan and west elevation, with Urban Forestry conditions.
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