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 new 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 has been updated to align with new legislation, and a new draft Parkland Dedication By-law. Both were presented to Council at the November 13, 2023, Planning and Development Council meeting.
- March 4, 2024: Planning and Development meeting for adoption of the Parks Plan and revised by-law
- November 13, 2023: Planning and Development meeting for presentation of the revised Parks Plan and proposed revised by-law
- September 12, 2022: Planning and Development Council meeting for the adoption of the Parks Plan 2031 and Parkland Dedication By-law
- August 9, 2022: Council meeting for presentation of the Parks Plan and proposed By-law.
- July 2022: Presentation to Development Industry (pdf)
- July 2022: Public consultation
- June 14, 2022: Council workshop where an overview of the draft Parks Plan was presented.
- June 2022: Draft Parks Plan released
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 2022-108.
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.