Property Ownership of severed lots

[trappermatt]

its not always as simple as severing an acre or no , county offical plans regulate much of what goes on and they are formed from direction in the provincial policy statment

[werner.reiche]

What affects severances is zoning...AG Agricultural, RP Resource Protection or ES Environmentally sensitive cannot be built on - needs to be rezoned first.
Renfrew county - a lot of the marginal farmland is zoned RU - rural - which doesn't have a lot of restrictions.
There is a bizarre amount of Renfrew county zoned RP resource protection - the resource in question is...gravel. How much gravel are we going to be using?

Re provincial policy - when the NDP was running the province, that had plans to virtually shut down rural development by putting severe restrictions on severances, but never got to carry through with that.

Another thing that may restrict getting a severance is the number of undeveloped severances in the immediate area.

[dutchhunter]

the local coffee shop is your best bet ,there is always one or two fellows that just love to chat that's why thy hang out at coffee shops .just start chatting with them thy will be able to give you a ton of info if you know how to ask in a indirect way ,the lost art of conversation with todays cell phones and texting ,Dutch

[Bugzy]

Well that escalated quickly!!!

Most farm lands that are severed to form a +/- 1 acre parcel were done back in the day to build a residence for farmhands etc....
Today's regime is a little different as municipality and regions dictate the land use policy for their areas. OMB appeals play a huge role in agricultural lands being re-zoned for residential housing. Flambourough within the City of Hamilton is a key example as zoning by-laws have just been passed zoning lands north of 5 agricultural leaving some businesses hanging out to dry..... (Not explained in detail, but you get the jists)

I degress....

Knocking on doors is always a good option, but when it comes up empty its a hard pill to swallow knowing their is some great opportunity beyond that white picket fence which is owned by the unknown.

Land registry office is great but as mentioned, unless your offering to purchase the land, property owners are too keen on someone knocking on there door requesting permission to hunt their land.

Thanks for your point of views and ideas.

Cheers,

[Fox]

Well that escalated quickly!!!

Most farm lands that are severed to form a +/- 1 acre parcel were done back in the day to build a residence for farmhands etc....
Today's regime is a little different as municipality and regions dictate the land use policy for their areas. OMB appeals play a huge role in agricultural lands being re-zoned for residential housing. Flambourough within the City of Hamilton is a key example as zoning by-laws have just been passed zoning lands north of 5 agricultural leaving some businesses hanging out to dry..... (Not explained in detail, but you get the jists)

I degress....

Knocking on doors is always a good option, but when it comes up empty its a hard pill to swallow knowing their is some great opportunity beyond that white picket fence which is owned by the unknown.

Land registry office is great but as mentioned, unless your offering to purchase the land, property owners are too keen on someone knocking on there door requesting permission to hunt their land.

Thanks for your point of views and ideas.

Cheers,

Like I said, go knock on the door of the neighbouring farm and ask them if they knew who owned the land. Just mention that you are looking to chat with them, no need to tell them why exactly you are looking into the land. Most farmers are hunters too and understand what it is all about, not so much for city people building on severed lots.

[Pat32rf]

BIL had 80 acres, some field some bush, one house and barn. He talked to local township and got the ok to sever into three sections, then sold it to one buyer. Each township is different, depending on the elected officials and the township tax needs. While there are provincial rules, a good lawyer and knowing the right people mean a lot.
Here in Hastings county you can go online and get a pretty accurate display of property lines.

[SK33T3R]

HEY DOES YOUR AREA HAVE A SITE LIKE THIS

http://maps.niagararegion.ca/Navigator/

YOU CAN ZOOM IN AND SEE ALL THE LAND PARCELS

then go to the top right toolbar and INQUIRE by placing a dot on the map.

a window in the top left corner comes up ...run your cursor over it to highlight your pick.

there is also a measuring tool to measure distances, acreage etc.

you can go to satellite imagery and go back in time to see how things have changed.

[Bandwagon]

knock on doors....it's faster and much more effective than anything else I am aware of.

[TurkeyObsessed]

The piece of property I hunt you would of never thought that they had as much land as they do.I was in a area knocking on doors and past a piece of property that looked good, went to pull a U turn in someones driveway and when I did the guy coming the other way pulled in the driveway I was going to turn around in...... I thought I would ask him as well. Talked to him and his wife and now have a good 100+ acres of land to hunt on...So just go knocking on doors, ya never know what could come of it.

[MikePal]

I let a young lad Bow-Hunt this property for two years....he was in college and away from home and posted a note on the bulletin board at the grocery store. I saw it, understood his predicament and gave him a call.

Nice lad, ended up with joining the RCMP.