PUSLINCH – Now that the county has approved an official plan amendment request, parties involved with Phase 2 of the Audrey Meadows development hope to move the project forward with the township.
A second public meeting was held on Oct. 8 in council chambers.
The proposal is to build 22 single detached homes on property on Victoria Road, just south of Maltby Road and immediately north of Phase 1 Audrey Meadows.
As well as the homes, the property would have a stormwater management facility, natural environment lands and an interior public street.
The land is zoned agricultural, and the proponents are seeking to amend that to a rural residential site-specific zone. Portions of the land have provincially significant wetlands, significant woodlands, regulated watercourses and a floodplain, within the Grand River Conservation Authority limit.
The proposal first came to Puslinch in 2021 and a public meeting was held in 2022.
In April this year the County of Wellington approved an official plan amendment application, re-designating a portion of the subject lands from secondary agricultural to country residential.
This caused the proponents to reactivate the application with the township, who thought that because of the passage of time, a second public meeting should be held.
Rob Stovel, speaking on behalf of the property owner, said the project is moving through the next stages, which are to have it rezoned and work out a draft plan of subdivision with township planners.
“That will settle the details,” he said at the public meeting last week.
The property is 29 acres, and the proposed lots would be smaller (3/4 of an acre) than those in Phase 1 (one acre).
The lots would have private wells and the subdivision would use a tertiary septic treatment system, Stovel said.
The new stormwater pond will resolve the drainage issues experienced in four of the lots in Phase 1 of the development.
Stovel said once all the approvals are in place, they hope to build in 2026 and 2027.
No members of the public attended the meeting, and no questions were asked by anyone listening online.
“I was curious about public consultation,” said councillor Russel Hurst. “I’m satisfied.”
The matter will return to council at a future date.
