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(UPDATE #1) 6611 Willoughby Road
Concept #1
Concept #2
Ward: 1
Applicant: Melissa Markham Planning & Associates on behalf of Murray and Margaery McMaster
Date of 1st Submission being “Deemed Complete”: April 7th, 2025
Applications: Official Plan Amendment (File No. OPA48)
Zoning By-law Amendment (File No. Z4-25)
Date of Public Meeting: TBD
If a second meeting is required, when will it be held?: To be Determined by Staff.
Description of Proposed Development:
The proposed Official Plan Amendment application and Zoning By-law Amendment application would redesignate the subject property from Rural & Environmental – Flood Prone Areas to Residential & Environmental Protection – Wetlands. Additionally, the Zoning By-law Amendment would rezone the subject property from Rural (RL) Zone and Environmental Protection (EP) Zone to Residential, High Density, Apartments with Special Provisions (R5-XX) and Environmental Protection with Special Provisions (EP-XX) Zone.
The applicant is proposing to develop a range of mixed residential housing including four-hundred and three (403) townhomes, ninety-six (96) retirement ‘bungalink’ homes and sixty (60) apartment units for affordable housing for a total of five-hundred and fifty-nine (559).
The applicant has proposed an alternative concept which would include four-hundred and eighteen (418) townhomes, ninety-six (96) retirement ‘bungalink’ homes for a total of five-hundred and fourteen (514) units. Both proposals include the following: a stormwater management pond, two (2) naturalized parks, a kiddie park and one (1) programmed park area, wetlands and buffer, a private sanitary pumping station, trails, sidewalks, and terraced garden plots for both proposals.
Township of Essa
5786 Simcoe County
Road 21, Utopia, ON
L0M 1T0
Phone: 705-424-9770
Fax: 705-424-2367
TTY: 705-424-5302