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By Jennifer Pagliaro City Hall Bureau Mon., April 29, 2019 The future of city planning fights in Ontario is to be decided by a panel of three Toronto judges, with cities fearing the return of the ways of the controversial Ontario Municipal Board. Last week, the Divisional Court heard arguments from the City of Toronto, a development group and others about how a long-controversial appeals process for proposed developments should be conducted going forward. After a day and a half of arguments, the panel is expected to provide direction ahead of a major appeal being heard at the end of May that could determine whether the city’s plans for a park over the downtown rail corridor could be disrupted by development. In 2017 the province dramatically changed how land use disputes — like those over whether a skyscraper can be built next to a school or townhomes next to a noisy rail yard — are dealt with, enacting new legislation that got rid of the … [Read more...] about Court case involving Rail Deck Park could have major implications for future Ontario planning disputes