The Rural Voice, 1979-08, Page 21Rural news in brief
Hanover farmer wins right to keep farming
After a two year battle, Orland Magwood
of Bentinck Township on the outskirts of
Hanover, has won the right to continue
farming.
Mr. Magwood, a livestock and cash crop
producer, has been fighting a bid by the
town of Hanover to annex 62 acres of his
125 -acre home farm. During the two years
of debate on the issue, the farmer has gone
before two Ontario Municipal Board
(OMB) hearings to save the farm.
The land, southeast of Hanover, con-
tained the farmer's barns, silos, grain bins
and home. While the farmer owns more
acreage in the area, all his crops are
processed on the home farm.
At the first OMB hearing, the decision
seemed to be in the farmer's favour when
the town was directed to annex a different
parcel of land. However, the town
appealed the decision to the Ontario
cabinet which overruled the OMB on a
technicality and ordered a new hearing
June 9.
At this hearing, the OMB approved an
alternate annexation proposal presented
by the town which was agreed upon by all
parties.
Hanover will be allowed to annex 336
acres of land, but only a 250 -foot strip at
the front of the Magwood property is
involved.
The farmer was quoted as saying while
he wasn't completely satisfied with the
alternate plan, he was pleased the land on
which his barns, grain bins and house
stand won't be annexed.
He said a S0 -foot buffer of trees to be
planted on the west side of his farm and
Hanover's promise that houses won't be
built within 600 feet of his barns will act as
a permanent boundary between urban and
rural land.
The farmer was quoted as saying he
decided to negotiate with Hanover and
Bentinck Township, where the land is
located. for an alternate annexation plan,
due to thelegal costs he was incurring. The
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The town of Hanover claimed during the
hearings that the media had distorted the
issue, picturing it as a David and Goliath
battle with the farmer in the role of
underdog.
The annexation conflict was featured on
the CBC's program Fifth Estate, and the
town officials labelled this coverage
"biased and inaccurate."
The Hanover Chamber of Commerce ran
advertisements twice in the local paper,
the Hanover Post, which outlined problems
facing the town if it didn't find land for
annexation.
The area which the town will annex
includes about 152 acres northeast of
Highway 4 and 20 -acre site southeast of the
town along the highway which will be used
for commercial use.
Another 66 acres southeast of Hanover
and approximately 98 acres east of County
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THE RURAL VOICE/AUGUST 1979 PG. 19