Category: Development
NOTEBOOK: Flewellyn-Jones house could be home to a PTSD wellness centre
Interesting discussion today at City Hall around the impacts of heritage designation, and a great example of a creative compromise. A group of seven therapists want to transform the Flewellyn-Jones…
5-storey retirement home proposed for old Flea Market land
Another retirement home could soon be coming to Stittsville. The latest proposal was posted to the City’s web site this week: “The City of Ottawa has received a Site Plan…
Public meeting for proposed Metric Homes development on January 11
(Via Councillor Shad Qadri) A Zoning By-Law Amendment and Plan of Subdivision Application has been submitted for the property municipally known as 950 Terry Fox Drive is located south of Hazeldean…
Tree cutting planned for Stittsville South beginning January 4
via Councillor Shad Qadri: Please be advised that the General Manager of Planning and Growth Management has approved a Tree Permit to allow tree removal in the Stittsville South subdivision…
New site plan control for auto body shop on Hazeldean
There’s a new site plan control application posted for an auto body shop at 6801 Hazeldean Road, west of Stittsville near Jinkinson. There’s been a sign at that location for…
Minto’s Potter’s Key goes to Planning Committee February 23
Councillor Shad Qadri posted a note to several local Facebook groups today about the next step for Minto’s proposed Potter’s Key subdivision. Residents packed a public meeting back in November…
NUSSBAUM: Hazeldean road development ‘rather disappointing’
Here’s a transcript of two statements made by city councillors at last week’s Built Heritage Sub-Committee during a debate about the future of the Bradley-Craig farmstead. The first is from Tobi…
QADRI: Potter’s Key tree cutting
From Councillor Shad Qadri: “Earlier today I was advised by Minto Homes that they will be undertaking tree clearing today to remove the permitted trees on their commercial parcel of…
City staff asks Minto for more traffic data for Potter’s Key
Here’s an update from Councillor Shad Qadri on Minto’s proposed Potter’s Key development. Discussions have continued with City staff, Minto Homes and myself regarding the proposed Potter’s Key residential subdivision…
Retirement home proposed for Wildpine Court
The City has received a Site Plan Control for a four-storey retirement home on Wildpine Court at Stittsville Main Street with a total of 189 retirement units. Of note: The developer…
Zoning bylaw amendment proposal for east side Terry Fox near Fernbank
The city has posted a new zoning bylaw amendment application for 1039 Terry Fox Drive / 5331 Fernbank Road. Part of that land is the farmland where you always see…
DOG BLOG: Time to include dog parks in community planning
(EDITOR’S NOTE: Welcome to our new canine affairs correspondent, Roscoe. He’s an eight-month-old boxer – pictured above – with some strong opinions and a love of peanut butter. He’ll be…
Commercial development proposed for corner of Huntley and Fallowfield
The City has received a zoning bylaw amendment request that would allow a commercial building at 2403 Huntley Road at Fallowfield, across the street from Karters’ Korner. The site is…
FUTURE STITTSVILLE: Lots of new roads planned for our area
https://youtu.be/flge_rw6RG0?t=5s Remember that scene in Back to the Future, when Doc says to Marty: “Roads? Where we’re going we don’t need roads.” The opposite is true for Future Stittsville.…
Richardson farmhouse to be turned into condo clubhouse
I’ve had a lot of people ask me if I knew what was happening with the old stone house at Terry Fox and Richardson Side Road in Kanata North. That’s…