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The application filed
six weeks ago.
You found out today.

Lotline watches every municipal planning portal so you don't have to. When a new OPA, ZBA, site plan, or Committee of Adjustment application lands in your area — you get an email before anyone else is looking.

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↓ Latest alerts in your inbox

ZBA 2 hours ago
1265 Military Trail, Scarborough
Rezoning to permit a 12-storey mixed-use residential building with ground floor commercial uses.
OPA Yesterday
480 University Ave, Toronto
Official Plan Amendment to redesignate lands from Mixed Use to Regeneration Areas to permit increased density.
C of A 2 days ago
34 Applewood Ave, Etobicoke
Minor variance for increased lot coverage and reduced side yard setback to permit a rear addition.
PER-REPORT RESEARCH TOOLS $199+ / report
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LOTLINE $149 / month — unlimited alerts
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MANUAL PORTAL CHECKING Your time, every day
ZBA 1265 Military Trail — Toronto · Submitted 3 days ago OPA 7140 Hurontario St — Mississauga · Under Review SITE PLAN 77 Eagleview Heights — Vaughan · In Progress C of A 34 Applewood Ave — Etobicoke · Hearing Jun 12 ZBA 3033 Dundas St W — Mississauga · Public Meeting Scheduled OPA Block 62 West — Vaughan · Awaiting Approval SITE PLAN 2719 Stone Ridge Rd — Vaughan · Finalization Stage C of A 893 Seventh St — Mississauga · Submitted 5 days ago ZBA 1265 Military Trail — Toronto · Submitted 3 days ago OPA 7140 Hurontario St — Mississauga · Under Review SITE PLAN 77 Eagleview Heights — Vaughan · In Progress C of A 34 Applewood Ave — Etobicoke · Hearing Jun 12 ZBA 3033 Dundas St W — Mississauga · Public Meeting Scheduled OPA Block 62 West — Vaughan · Awaiting Approval SITE PLAN 2719 Stone Ridge Rd — Vaughan · Finalization Stage C of A 893 Seventh St — Mississauga · Submitted 5 days ago

The data is public.
Nobody's watching it.

Every GTA municipality publishes its planning applications. But the portals are slow, inconsistent, and spread across ten different systems. Nobody checks all of them, every day — which means whoever does has an edge.

01

You find out late

By the time a rezoning surfaces in a broker email or industry newsletter, the filing was weeks ago. The window was open — you just didn't know it.

02

Manual checking doesn't scale

Toronto's AIC, York Region's dashboard, Mississauga's ePlans — each with different search logic, different update schedules, different formats. Monitoring all of them is a part-time job.

03

Context disappears between projects

You track an area intensely while active in it, then move on. Six months later, a site you dismissed has a new OPA and a motivated vendor. You're the last to know.

04

Committee of Adjustment goes unread

Minor variances reveal early intensification intent before the market prices it in. These are consistently the most undermonitored signal in the GTA — and the most actionable.

Set it once.
Know first, always.

No portals to check. No spreadsheets to update. Define what you're watching — we tell you the moment something new files.

STEP 01
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Define your coverage zones

Draw polygons on a map, select wards, or set a radius around an address. Save multiple zones — track Midtown Toronto and North Vaughan separately, each with its own alert preferences.

STEP 02
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Choose your filters

Filter by application type — OPA, ZBA, site plan, subdivision, Committee of Adjustment. Filter by status. Daily digest or immediate alert the moment something files — your call.

STEP 03
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Get it in your inbox

Address, application type, description, submission date, assigned city planner's name and contact, and a direct link to the source document. Everything in one email. You decide in 10 seconds whether to act.

An alert layer,
not a database.

Tools like UTPro are excellent for researching projects you already know about. We solve a different problem: making sure you know about them in the first place.

Lotline
  • Passive — comes to you, no login required
  • Configured once, runs forever
  • Covers Toronto, York Region, Mississauga in one feed
  • Includes Committee of Adjustment (often missed)
  • Flat monthly price — unlimited alerts
  • Tells you what just filed in your area
Per-Report Research Databases
  • Active — you search when you remember to
  • Requires regular manual queries
  • Deep data on projects already in their database
  • Focused on tracking known projects in detail
  • Per-report pricing ($199+) or enterprise subscription
  • Excellent for due diligence once you know what to look at
Most of our users use both. A monitoring tool tells you what just filed. A research database tells you everything about a project you're already tracking. They're not competing for the same job.

Three types of people
who should be using this.

If you have geographic skin in the game in the GTA, you should be watching what's being filed.

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Small developers & land investors

You're actively sourcing sites or tracking neighbourhoods. You need to know about rezoning signals and OPA filings before the land comes to market and the price adjusts.

→ Set alerts for OPA + ZBA in target geographies
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Architects & planning consultants

You have active files across multiple clients and need to track adjacent applications, neighbourhood changes, and precedent-setting decisions near your projects.

→ Zone alerts around each active project address
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Commercial brokers & advisors

Development activity is the clearest leading indicator for your market. Knowing what's filing — and when — shapes your advice and your prospecting before listings appear.

→ Watch specific corridors + C of A for density signals

Simple pricing.
One actionable alert pays for months.

One early filing in the right area is worth far more than a year's subscription. Priced to make that obvious.

Starter
$149
per month · billed monthly
  • 1 municipality
  • 3 alert zones
  • Daily email digest
  • All application types
  • 90-day alert history
Team
$499
per month · billed monthly
  • All municipalities
  • Unlimited zones
  • 5 seats included
  • Weekly briefing report
  • Full history + CSV export
  • Priority support
For context: per-report research tools start at $199 per pull. Our Starter plan is $149/month for unlimited alerts across an entire municipality. Annual billing saves 2 months. Beta users receive 50% off their first year.

Four municipalities.
One feed. All public data.

Built directly on municipal APIs and ArcGIS endpoints — not third-party aggregators. The same data that appears on city portals, normalized and routed to you.

Toronto

All 25 wards · Community Planning · C of A · TLAB
Daily
CKAN REST API

York Region

Markham · Vaughan · Richmond Hill · Aurora · Newmarket
Weekly
ArcGIS FeatureServer

Mississauga

All 11 wards · OPA · Rezoning · Subdivision
Monthly+
ArcGIS Hub + Live Page

Brampton

Coming soon — integration in progress
Q3 2026
GeoHub / O. Reg. 73/23

Ontario Regulation 73/23 legally requires all 29 major municipalities to publish standardized planning data publicly on a quarterly basis.

Every application type
that matters.

Not sure what the codes mean? Here's what each type signals in plain English — and why it matters to you.

OPA

Official Plan Amendment

A landowner is telling the city they want to change what a site is allowed to be. Filed years before rezoning — the earliest signal a site is being assembled for development.

ZBA

Zoning By-law Amendment

The project is getting specific: proposed height, density, and use. This is the core pipeline filing — by the time it's public, the developer has committed to a direction.

SITE PLAN

Site Plan Control

Massing, access, and unit count are now on paper. Often filed with a ZBA. Confirms the project is real and moving — not just a speculative application.

C OF A

Committee of Adjustment

A minor variance — a small deviation from existing zoning rules. These reveal early intensification intent on individual properties. Consistently the most undermonitored signal.

SUBP

Plan of Subdivision

Large-scale land assembly and lot creation. Greenfield or brownfield. The earliest signal for major new development outside the existing urban fabric.

CDMP

Draft Plan of Condominium

A built or near-complete project is converting to condo tenure. Signals exit timing for the developer — useful for tracking when supply is about to hit the market.

Before you ask.

Per-report research databases are excellent for investigating a project you already know about — deep data, historical records, full project lifecycle. We solve a different problem: making sure you know about filings in the first place. Most of our users use both approaches: a research tool for due diligence on projects they're tracking, and us to discover what's being filed in their areas before they'd think to search. They're not competing for the same job. If you're an active subscriber to a planning research database, ask yourself: how often do I discover new filings from their alert feature vs. going in to search manually? If the answer is rarely, that's the gap we fill.
The AIC covers Toronto only, has no alert capability, and requires you to remember to check it. We cover the whole GTA across three portal systems, run automatically every day, and push an alert to your inbox when something new lands in your coverage area — without you opening a single portal. We also normalize data across municipalities so your monitoring is consistent whether an application is in Markham or Mississauga.
We pull directly from the source: Toronto's CKAN open data API (refreshed daily), York Region's ArcGIS FeatureServer (weekly), and Mississauga's planning portals. No third-party aggregation, no middlemen. The underlying data is published by city planning staff — the same data that appears on their public portals. Ontario Regulation 73/23 legally requires all major municipalities to publish this data quarterly at minimum.
A short, plain email: the property address, application type (OPA / ZBA / Site Plan / C of A), a brief description of what's proposed, the submission date, the assigned city planner's name and contact information, and a direct link to the application on the source portal. One paragraph — you decide in ten seconds whether to act on it.
Yes. C of A applications are included for Toronto (minor variances and consent applications) and York Region. They're often the most undermonitored signal — they surface incremental intensification and early-stage site intentions well before any formal rezoning is filed.
Beta is free. We start with Toronto (our cleanest, daily-refreshed data source), with York Region and Mississauga following within 6–8 weeks. In exchange we ask for direct feedback — a short reply when you get your first alert telling us whether it was relevant. That feedback shapes what we build next. Beta users get 50% off their first paid year, and you'll hear from me personally before any billing starts.

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