The battle to demolish the iconic Glen Abbey golf course has landed in court.
At the heart of the battle is whether the Town of Oakville can use the Ontario Heritage Act (OHA) to designate the property as a “heritage landscape” and thus prevent the owner, ClubLink, from making any changes or redevelop it with 3,222 residences.
The existing historic structures, including stables and the Canadian Golf Hall of Fame and Museum in the historic RayDor Estate and long designated under the OHA, will remain but the fight is over whether the golf course itself can be designated under the act. If so, the question becomes whether a municipality can deny an application for demolition under Section 34.
Things have sliced into the rough, says Robert Visentin, senior vice-president of ClubLink, with lawyers involved on several fronts for both sides.
It’s similar to a battle being waged in Vaughan, Ont. over the Toronto Board of Trade course……. READ MORE HERE
