What's the difference between a municipal appeal board and a provincial appeal board?

Appeals can be filed with the Intermunicipal Subdivision and Development Appeal Board (ISDAB) or the Land and Rights Tribunal (formally Municipal Government Board) of the Province of Alberta.   

The appeal is filed with the Land and Property Rights Tribunal if the subject of the application is:

• within Alberta's Green Area
• adjacent to or contains a body of water
• adjacent to or contains (either partially or wholly) land identified on the Listing of Historic Resources or public land set aside for use as historic resource
• the subject of a license, permit, approval, or other authorization granted by the Natural Resources Conservation Board, Energy Resources Conservation Board, Alberta Energy Regulator, Alberta Energy and Utilities Board, or Alberta Utilities Commission.
• the subject of a license, permit, approval, or other authorization granted by the minister of Environment and Parks.
• within the following distances:
  • 1600m of a provincial highway
  • 450m of a hazardous waste management facility
  • 450m of the working area of an operating landfill
  • 300m of the disposal area of any landfill
  • 300m of a wastewater treatment plant
  • 300m of the working area of a non-hazardous waste storage site
  • some of these distances may be varied in writing by a provincial government department, in which case the SDAB will hear the appeal

All other appeals are filed with the ISDAB. Either the Land and Property Rights Tribunal or ISDAB has the authority to reject or uphold any decision that is the subject of the appeal and amplify, diminish, or change any condition of the subdivision approval rendered by the Subdivision Authority.

The Land and Property Rights Tribunal or ISDAB will make a decision based on the evidence supplied at an appeal hearing.