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REPORT
PLANNING SERVICES
Meeting: GENERAL PURPOSE AND ADMINrIS~TRATION COMMITTEE
Date: Monday, January 18, 2010 ~eso~ ~.~-}"~ o ~ ~ = G l~~ ~ ~ 33- ~ b
Report #: PSD- 011-10 File #: PLN 7.11 By-law #: N ~~
Subject: 2009 ANNUAL REPORT ON APPLICATIONS FOR PLANS OF SUBDIVISION
RECOMMENDATIONS:
It is respectfully recommended that the General Purpose and Administration Committee
recommend to Council the following:
THAT Report PSD-011-10 be received; and
THAT the Region of Durham Planning Department be forwarded a copy of report
PSD-011-10 and Council's decision.
Submitted by:
David ~1,lCrome, MCIP, RPI
Director, Planning Services
Reviewed by: ~ r ""°`~'"'-' - -"v
Franklin Wu
Chief Administrative Officer
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12 January 2010
CORPORATION OF THE MUNICIPALITY OF CLARINGTON
40 TEMPERANCE STREET, BOWMANVILLE, ONTARIO L1C 3A6 T (905)623-3379 F (905)623-0830
REPORT NO.: PSD-011-10
1.0 PURPOSE
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The purpose of this report is to provide an update of the subdivision activity that
occurred during the 2009 calendar year within the Municipality; and to advise the
Region of Durham Planning Department of the status of all plan of subdivision
applications as of December 31, 2009.
Delegation of Subdivision Approval was accepted by the Municipality of Clarington
October 1, 2001. Under the terms and provisions of the Memorandum of
Understanding, the Municipality agreed to provide the Region of Durham with an annual
statistical report on the following:
• The number and status of draft plans of subdivision; and
• The number and types of units approved and registered during the previous
calendar year.
Any residential development applications or approvals which occur outside of the Plan
of Subdivision Approval process are not included in the tables, charts and calculations
found in this report; they are included and summarized within a separate Site Plan
Activity report to be prepared for Committee's review shortly.
2.0 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
• Three (3) new Plan of Subdivision applications were submitted in 2009, consisting of
166 dwellings units;
• Three (3) Plan of Subdivision applications were granted Draft Approval in 2009,
consisting of 477 dwellings units;
• There were no Plans of Subdivision registered in 2009;
• By year end, a total of 273 building permits were issued for residential units (this
number also includes permits issued for residential units developed outside of the
subdivision approval process);
• There is approximately a 9'/ year supply of draft approved and registered residential
units as of December 31, 2009 -based on a five year average of 636 building
permits issued per year for new residential units; and
• As of December 31, 2009, the distribution of unit type for all active Plan of
Subdivision applications in various stages of the development process, consisted of
66% single detached units and semi-detached units, 20% townhouse (multi.) units
and 14% apartment units;
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3.0 STATUS OF ACTIVE PLANS OF SUBDIVISION
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Attachments 1 through 4 provide an inventory of all active .plan of subdivision
applications within various stages of the development approval process (received, draft
approved or registered) as of December 31, 2009. Each summary table corresponds to
one of four defined areas within the Municipality of Clarington:
• Bowmanville (Attachment 1)
• Courtice (Attachment 2)
• Newcastle (Attachment 3)
• Hamlets and rural areas of Darlington and Clarke Townships (Attachment 4)
3.1 Plan of Subdivision Apolications under review
As of December 31, 2009, there were 15 Plan of Subdivision applications actively under
review containing a potential 3,411 residential units; these proposed plans/units have
not yet been granted Draft Approval, and are subject to change throughout the initial
review process.
Three (3) of the 15 Plans, comprising a total of 166 potential units, were submitted in
the year 2009. Two (2) of the three applications were submitted for lands in
Bowmanville and one (1) application was submitted for lands in Courtice.
Seven (7) of the 15 Plans were revised and resubmitted in 2009 for further review by
Staff -additional fees were collected for the revisions to those files which were inactive
for many years. One (1) of the seven revised applications is a revision to a Plan of
Subdivision denied by Council, which was appealed to the Ontario Municipal Board by
the applicant.
Figure 7 illustrates the distribution of all proposed units actively under review, by unit
type. The dominant unit type among all proposed Plans of Subdivision under review in
Clarington by year end 2009 is the single detached dwelling. Single detached dwellings
Table 2 shows the geographic distribution of all proposed residential units actively
under review, as of December 31, 2009. It would appear that 62% of all proposed units
under review in Clarington are located in Bowmanville.
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accounted for 65% of proposed units in 2007, 41 % of proposed units in 2008 and now
33% of proposed units in 2009. It would appear that in recent years, the distribution of
units proposed among each dwelling unit type has become more balanced.
It should be noted, however, that the increase in medium density unit types in 2009 is
mainly due to the revised Port Darlington Plan of Subdivision application. It accounts for
11 % of all townhouses, and 74% of all apartment units proposed as of December 31,
2009.
Figure 7
Distribution of Proposed Units by Type
(for active files under review as of December 31, 2009)
Single
Detached
33%
(Multi.)
26%
3.2 Draft Approved Plans of Subdivision
Semi-
~etached
13%
As of December 31, 2009, there were 35 active Draft Approved Plan of Subdivision
applications, or portions thereof, having a total of 5,181 residential units3, which had not
yet been included within a registered Plan of Subdivision.
Three (3) Plan of Subdivision applications were granted Draft Approval in 2009,
comprising of 235 single detached units, 148 semi-detached/link units and 94
townhouse (multi.) units. Two (2) of the three Draft Approved Plans in 2009 are located
in Courtice and one (1) is located in Bowmanville.
Table 3 shows the geographic distribution of all Draft Approved units which had not yet
been registered, as of December 31, 2009. Approximately 65% of all Draft Approved
units are located in Bowmanville.
Figure 2 illustrates the distribution of all Draft Approved Units not yet registered, by unit
type. A total of 53% of all Draft Approved units within Caarington are Single Detached
units -this was also the case in 2008.
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Table 3
Distribution of Draft Approved Units by Geographic Area
for active files as of Dec. 31, 2009
Geographic Single Semi/Link Townhouse Apartment Total # %
Area Units
Bowmanville 1553 444 684 710 3,391 65%
Courtice 490 100 112 50 752 15%
Newcastle 608 85 0 250 943 18%
Hamlet/Rural 95 0 0 0 95 2%
Total 2,746 629 796 1,010 5,181 100%
Figure 2
Distribution of Draft Approved Units by Type
(for active files as of Dec. 31, 2009)
Townhous
(Multi.)
15%
jingle
:tached
53%
Detached
12%
3.3 Registered Plans of Subdivision
By December 31, 2009, there were a total of 35 registered plans that remained active,
whereby there exists 1,041 vacant lots for which building permits can still be obtained.
By year end, 35% of the total number of lots within active registered plans remained
vacant. In the 2009 calendar year, there were no Plans of Subdivision registered within
Clarington.
Table 4 shows the geographic distribution of all registered lots which remain vacant as
of December 31, 2009, and for which building permits can be obtained (includes part
lots). In total, 43% of all vacant registered lots are located in Bowmanville, 37% are
located in Courtice, 17% are located in Newcastle Village and only 3% are located
within Hamlets and Rural Areas.
Figure 3 illustrates the distribution of all units within active registered plans as of
December 31, 2009, by type. It would appear that 74% of all units within active
registered plans are single detached dwellings. By year end, the single detached
dwelling remains the dominant dwelling type within active registered plans in Clarington.
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Table 4
Distribution of Registered, Vacant Lots by Geographic Area
for active laps as of Dec. 31, 2009
Geographic
Area Single Semi/Link Townhouse Apartment Total #
Units %
Bowmanville 363 64 18 0 445 43%
Courtice 189 88 111 0 388 37%
Newcastle 116 50 12 0 178 17%
Hamlet/Rural 30 0 0 0 ~ 30 3%
Total 698 202 141 0 1,041 100%
Figure 3
Distribution of Registered Units by Type
(for all active plans as of December 31, 2009)
Townhouse
(Multi.)
9% ~
Semi-_
Detached
17%
~ Single
Detached
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4.0 HOUSING TARGETS
The Municipality of Clarington Official Plan states that the Municipality will ensure an
adequate supply of housing on a municipal wide basis by maintaining a minimum of a 3
year supply of residential land in combination of draft approved and/or registered plans
of subdivision and condominium.
In addition, the Official Plan indicates that the Municipality seeks to achieve a mix of
housing types within each urban community -Bowmanville, Courtice and Newcastle.
4.1 Housing Supply
Table 5 demonstrates the overall supply of residential units within Clarington by
calculating the total number of units which have been Draft Approved and not yet
registered, as well as those units within registered plans which have not yet been built
as of December 31, 2009 (Please note that proposed units within Draft Plans which
have not yet been approved were not included in these calculations, as they can be
revised at any time during the review process).
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When reviewing the historical comparison of building permits issued, the five year
average (2005-2009) for residential growth within Clarington is approximately 636
residential units per year. Using this assumption, as of December 31, 2009, the
Municipality will have an approximate 9'/: year supply of Draft Approved units and
registered units on vacant lots. When using the ten year average. (2000-2009) for
residential growth (703 units per year), the Municipality will have an approximate 8 '/z
year supply.
In 2009, a total of 273 building permits were issued for new residential units within
Clarington -representing less than half of the 593 permits that were issued in 2008 for
new residential units. The Building Permit Activity report prepared by Regional Planning
Department on December 1, 2009 noted that "there were 2,586 housing starts in the
Region by the end of September 2008, compared to 1,152 starts for the same period in
2009." The significant decline of new home construction in 2009 has not only been a
reality for Clarington, but also for the Region as a whole.
4.2 Housing Mix
Table 6 compares the targeted housing mix, as set out in the Official Plan, to the actual
housing mix within all active plans in all stages of the approval process as of December
31.2009.
There appears to be a slight deviation from the actual and the targeted housing mix.
The actual mix has a slightly higher number of apartment units and a lower number of
ground-related single detached and semi-detached dwelling units than the targeted mix.
While the Municipality is experiencing an increase in multiple-unit and apartment
housing forms, they are largely concentrated in three areas of Clarington: the
Bowmanville West Town Centre, the Port of Newcastle and Port Darlington areas.
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There has been some reluctance from the development community for providing a
greater mix of unit types within proposed. neighbourhoods within Clarington.
5.0 CONCLUSION
Bowmanville continues to confirm its status as the dominant urban centre of Clarington,
by accounting for 62% of all proposed residential units under review, and 65% of all
draft approved units by December 31, 2009.
As anticipated, Clarington is beginning to see a greater variety of housing types within
proposed Plan of Subdivision applications, which appears to fall in line with recent
Provincial and Regional policies that encourage a more compact form of residential
development and an efficient use of infrastructure. The single detached dwelling
continues to be the dominant housing form within proposed plans, however in more
recent years, alternative housing forms such as apartment units and townhouse units
have become more prevalent and the distribution of housing forms among all proposed
plans in Clarington is much more balanced.
Although there were few new applications received in 2009, the Municipality received
revised submissions for nearly half of the proposed plans actively under review for
further consideration. Based on pre-consultation meetings held in 2009, two (2) new
Plan of Subdivision submissions are anticipated for 2010. Similarly in 2009, draft
subdivision agreements have been prepared for six (6) draft approved plans and as the
economy continues to improve, a number of these draft approved plans are expected to
be registered in 2010.
Based on the current number of Draft Approved units and registered units on vacant
lots, Clarington continues to maintairi a good supply of housing (9.5 years) well above
the minimum 3 year supply as required by section 6.3.16 of the Official Plan. Overall,
the Municipality has continued to implement the housing targets throughout 2009.
Staff Contact: Meaghan Harrington
Attachment 1 - Subdivision Activity Report -Bowmanville Urban Area
Attachment 2 - Subdivision Activity Report - Courtice Urban Area
Attachment 3 - Subdivision Activity Report -Newcastle Urban Area
Attachment 4 - Subdivision Activity Report -Rural Areas and Hamlets
List of interested parties to be advised of Council's decision:
Regional Municipality of Durham, Planning Department
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