London works to increase residential builds [Video]

It’s long been the thorn in the side of developers and builders: city staff will ask for a revision on a planning application, and when the application is re-submitted other issues are identified that weren’t a concern the first time around.

London Deputy City Manager Scott Mathers outlined the issue at Planning and Environment Committee meeting at City Hall on Tuesday, “I call that the moving-the-finishing-line effect. So, you start with somewhere, there’s three comments and they come back and then you keep adding. That’s not something that’s fair to anyone.”

Deputy Mayor Shawn Lewis sits on the Planning and Environment Committee and said that it’s been an issue for many years, and it comes at a cost, “That has an impact on affordability of things, too. And, so, the more that we can streamline and get things through one and done, the less cost is built into the project …