Land Use Planning Services
Professional Planning and Development Consulting
TULLOCH helps developers, property owners, municipalities, agencies, and stakeholders navigate planning, development, and approval processes across Ontario. Our planners provide practical development consulting support and manage submissions and approvals for land development, infrastructure and policy planning projects.
Why Work With TULLOCH?
Honest Advice, Clear Direction
Application Clarity
We help clients identify the application processes, supporting studies, approval risks, timelines and costs before formal submissions are made.
Defensible Submissions
Our Registered Professional Planners prepare well-supported policy rationale and application materials for municipal, agency, council, or tribunal review.
Local Insight
We understand how municipal expectations, infrastructure capacity, stakeholder concerns, and external pressures influence application review.
What We Offer
Planning Services
Our team works on projects ranging from local residential approvals to complex, multi-phase developments. We help clients understand requirements, coordinate inputs, and navigate the process with contextually sensitive, responsive guidance.
- Municipal coordination and guidance through approval requirements
- Development application strategy and submission management
- Pre-consultation, municipal coordination, and submissions
- Property feasibility, development potential, due diligence, and highest-and-best-use analysis
- Planning Justification Reports, policy analysis, and rationale
- Official Plan Amendments and Zoning By-law Amendments
- Plans of Subdivision and Condominium approvals
- Community Planning Permits, Site Plan Control applications, consents, and minor variances
- Waterfront redevelopment and shoreline approvals
- Road and shore road allowance closure applications
- Open houses, community engagement, public hearings, and council representation
- Ontario Land Tribunal representation, expert testimony, and compatibility review
- Aggregate Resources Act project management and approvals
"Throughout each project, TULLOCH’s Planning team has brought deep expertise, practical insight, and dependable leadership. I would highly recommend their team to anyone looking for knowledgeable, reliable, and results-driven planning professionals."
Ryan Farquhar, Owner/President
Farquhar Group of Companies
Process and Methodologies
From Planning Strategy to Final Approvals
Project Intake and Goals
We confirm the project vision, site information, planning history, schedule, and desired outcomes.
Feasibility and Site Review
We review development potential, existing conditions, policy direction, servicing considerations, and known constraints.
Application Strategy
We prepare the relevant applications, supporting studies, technical inputs, consultation needs, and likely review steps.
Submission Preparation
We prepare rationale, application materials, reports, drawings, and documentation for municipal or agency review.
Approval Authority and Public Engagement
We support open houses, public consultation, council presentations, public hearings, and coordination with municipal reviewers.
Comments and Conditions
We respond to comments, coordinate revisions, support decisions, and help clients understand approval conditions.
Solutions in Action
Relevant Experience
Featured Projects
General Hospital Redevelopment
TULLOCH is supporting the redevelopment of Sudbury’s former General Hospital site into a high-density mixed-use community with three residential and commercial towers.
Discuss Your Planning Project
Connect with our team to discuss development potential, approval requirements, and next steps, with expertise throughout Northern, Central and Southern Ontario.
Get Answers
Planning FAQs
Yes. TULLOCH works with homeowners and developers on severances, minor variances, Community Planning Permits, waterfront redevelopment, and other site-specific, smaller-scale planning approvals.
Helpful starting information includes the property address, proposed use, existing surveys or drawings, planning history, and any municipal comments. If some information is missing, TULLOCH can still help identify the right next steps.
Land use planning in Ontario is guided by the Planning Act, the Provincial Planning Statement, municipal official plans, zoning by-laws, and local or site-specific requirements. TULLOCH helps clients understand how these policies apply to their project and what they mean for applications, supporting studies, and review timelines.
Yes. TULLOCH can coordinate the planners, surveyors, engineers, environmental specialists, and technical studies required for a complete application, giving clients one point of contact through submission and review.
Complexity can come from zoning conflicts, servicing capacity, environmental features, neighbour concerns, policy requirements, public input, or multiple reviewing agencies. Identifying these factors early can help reduce delays and revisions.
