Parkland Dedication
A tool that allows Oakville to obtain land for parks as a condition of development.
Parks Plan and Parkland Dedication By-law
A Parks Plan is a strategic document to provide direction for new parkland throughout the town, particularly urban centres and corridors, with a range of parkland types such as urban squares, pocket parks, courtyards and pedestrian connections.
As part of the Parks Plan, a Parkland Dedication By-law is the tool that required developers to transfer parkland or cash-in-lieu of parkland to the town as part of a new development project.
The Oakville Parks Plan 2031 and Parkland Dedication By-law 2024-034 have been adopted by Council in the April 8, 2024, Planning and Development meeting.
The Planning Act enables municipalities to obtain land for parks through land conveyance, or payment-in-lieu of land, as a condition of development and redevelopment through Parkland Dedication By-law.
Parkland Dedication Policy related procedure
Where we have identified that if payment-in-lieu is appropriate, it shall be based on the cash equivalent of the applicable parkland dedication requirement as established in the Parkland Dedication By-law.
The Manager of our Realty Services team will coordinate a land appraisal to be used in the calculation of the Parkland Dedication payable. The owner must contact the Manager of Realty Services at realty@oakville.ca no later than 90 days before the expected time of the first above-grade building permit. To learn more about this process, please refer to the Parkland Dedication Policy and related procedure.