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Urban boundary expansion

Hamilton's urban boundary expansion applications and the Ontario Land Tribunal's decisions on them, each as the City's application pages and the Tribunal's orders describe it.

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Read from HamiltonIQ stories and their cited sources; the latest check was October 25, 2026.

See where each application stands in the City's and the Tribunal's own words, and what has not been decided.

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    Part One: how much land is needed

    At least 1,600 gross developable hectares of additional urban land needed to plan for 2051; binding in the Upper West Side, Elfrida and White Church appeals

    Hamilton's urban boundary at a glance (checked October 25, 2026)

    Reported in Hamilton's urban boundary and Elfrida: what has been decided, what is still open and where to check.

    Sources

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    Part Two: which lands are added

    Not decided; left to Part Two hearings in each appeal

    Hamilton's urban boundary at a glance (checked October 25, 2026)

    Reported in Hamilton's urban boundary and Elfrida: what has been decided, what is still open and where to check.

    Sources

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    Twenty Road West (Upper West Side lands)

    Applications received August 17, 2020 for about 2,450 homes; appealed to the Tribunal for lack of a decision on June 27, 2024; the City says the Tribunal approved a settlement on September 29, 2026 (OLT-24-000748)

    Status of each file, per the City's application pages and the Tribunal (October 25, 2026)

    Reported in Hamilton's urban boundary and Elfrida: what has been decided, what is still open and where to check; City says land tribunal approved Twenty Road West settlement after ruling Hamilton's urban boundary should expand.

    Dates the stories state

    • · Tribunal rules the urban boundary should expand

    Sources

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    Elfrida boundary application

    About 1,209 hectares; received November 20, 2024; refused by Council June 25, 2025; appealed July 22, 2025 (OLT-25-000591); still before the Tribunal

    Status of each file, per the City's application pages and the Tribunal (October 25, 2026)

    Reported in Hamilton's urban boundary and Elfrida: what has been decided, what is still open and where to check.

    Sources

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    Elfrida secondary plan application

    Received April 30, 2026, complete May 13; refused by Council August 25, 2026; the City's page lists no appeal

    Status of each file, per the City's application pages and the Tribunal (October 25, 2026)

    Reported in Hamilton's urban boundary and Elfrida: what has been decided, what is still open and where to check.

    Sources

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    White Church boundary application

    About 364 hectares and 7,600 homes proposed; refused June 25, 2025; appealed July 29, 2025 (OLT-25-000613); still before the Tribunal

    Status of each file, per the City's application pages and the Tribunal (October 25, 2026)

    Reported in Hamilton's urban boundary and Elfrida: what has been decided, what is still open and where to check.

    Sources

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    159 and 163 Sulphur Springs Road

    About 10 hectares and 75 dwellings in the Greenbelt and Niagara Escarpment area; refused September 17, 2025; the Tribunal dismissed the appeals on September 17, 2026 as barred by statute

    Status of each file, per the City's application pages and the Tribunal (October 25, 2026)

    Reported in Hamilton's urban boundary and Elfrida: what has been decided, what is still open and where to check.

    Sources