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Home My WebLink AboutPD-22-82 I CORPORATION OF THE TOWN OF NEWCASTLE L PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT D.N. SMITH, M.C.I.P.,Director HAMPTON, ONTARIO 1-081,10 TEL. (416)263-2231 REPORT TO THE GENERAL PURPOSE AND ADMINISTRATION COMMITTEE MEETING OF FEBRUARY 8, 1982 REPORT NO. : PD-22-82 SUBJECT: STATUS REPORT - RESIDENTIAL PLANS OF SUBDIVISION - OUR FILE: ADMIN.1 .4 RECOMMENDATIONS: It is respectfully recommended that this Report PD-22-82 be received for information and discussion. BACKGROUND AND COMMENTS: On January 11th, 1982, The General Purpose and Administration Committee passed the following Resolution GPA-24-82: "That the Planning and Development Department j review the Subdivision application files and prepare a Report for discussion at the next I General Purpose and Administration Committee Meeting categorizing to some degree the applications that appear to have a viable position for proceeding in the near future. " I In response to this request staff have undertaken a further review of the subdivision applications currently under consideration by the Town and prepared three attachments outlining the present i status of those applications. In addition, each of the members of Council have been provided with plans identifying the location of each application. At pp present there are a total of 43 conventional residential subdivision proposals under review. This translates into a total of 6,141 potential dwelling units or a population of It j roughly 13,500 persons. Of these proposed plans, 14 have already A, ! Al I t}y Report No. : PD-22-82 . . .12 'V 5(�� received draft plan approval totalling 2,293 units. These plans are identified on Attachment 1 . In staff's opinion these plans are the most likely to proceed in the near future subject, of course, to local housing market conditions. In addition to the above-noted draft approved plans, Town approval , conditional or in principle, has been given to a further 244 units distributed between the two subdivisions identified on Attachment 2. These plans, however, require major capital expenditures on the part of the Region to overcome existing servicing constraints and in particular, elimination of the existing problems associated with the Baseline Pumping Station in Bowmanville. These two are, therefore, less likely to proceed, at this present point in time, unless the developers are willing to front end the cost of the necessary improvements. Of the remaining subdivision proposals, as outlined on Attachment 3, staff are of the opinion that those most likely to proceed would be those which can take advantage of existing services. In that regard, the 1982 Work Program assigns a higher priority to those plans located within the Courtice Urban Area and treats other applications on a first-come first-served basis. This, of course, reflects the staff opinion that those subdivisions located within the Courtice area where there are fewer servicing constraints and a potentially better housing market due to the proximity of Oshawa and its employment opportunities, have a better chance of proceeding. i In addition to the conventional plans of subdivision, staff note that there are currently two proposals for the development of waterfront retirement communities, and one apartment proposal presently in the works. In the case of the waterfront proposals, the likelihood of their proceeding is again a reflection of housing market conditions and development constraints. In both I i Report No. : PD-22-82 . . ./3 instances, the proposals are attempting to satisfy specialized sectors of the housing market and 'both face significant problems relative to access which in turn affects the timing of these developments. In the case of the one apartment proposal , staff are relatively confident that it will proceed since the housing market presently has a shortage of this type of unit within Durham Region. At this point it is important to note that viability is a reflection of not only market conditions or demand, but also the economic variables involved in a particular proposal . An evaluation of viability is therefore difficult for staff to make, since it is determined by such things as land costs, carrying costs, servicing costs and constructions costs. Staff note, however, that the greater the number of draft approved lots/units within a market area, the more difficult it is for a developer to make a decision about the viability of proceeding, since in time of slow market it increases the competition within the market and reduces the level of return a developer could expect on his investment. In simple terms, things become solely a reflection of supply and demand. In periods of low demand, developers and builders are less likely to enter a market where there is an excessive supply. Thus those proposals most likely to proceed will be those aimed at specialized sectors of the market where competition may be the lowest. i To this point in time, the Town has proceeded to approve subdivision proposals .which will take advantage of existing services in order to increase the likelihood of realizing a return on those commitments and to remove, to as great an extent as possible, all obstacles j to subdivision registration and construction. However, this may have I Report No. : PD-22-82 indirectly resulted in an over-supply of potential building lots and thus deterred some developers from proceeding until such time as the market picks up. In view of this the Town may wish to consider limiting further draft plan approvals until presently approved plans have proceeded beyond registration. Respectfully submitted, T. T. Edwards, M.C.I .P. Deputy Director of Planning TTE:mjc January 28, 1982 i I I i i I i Attachment 1 DRAFT APPROVED PLANS OF SUBDIVISION File Applicant Location Units Action Req'd 18T--19720 East Woodbridge Newcastle Village 99 SF Subd. Agreement Registration 18T-24002 Jeffrey Const. Enniskillen 44 SF Rezoning Subdivision Agreement Registration 18T-74067 Cean Investments Bowmanville 18 SF Rezoning 34 SD Subdivision Agreement Registration 18T-75362 Burketon Hills Burketon 57 SF Rezoning Subdivision Agreement Registration 18T-75526 Schickendanz Bowmanville 181 SF Rezoning 56 SD Subdivision Agreement Registration 18T-76011 Penwest Bowmanville 238 SF Rezoning Subdivision Agreement ; Registration 18T-76021 Gujda Newcastle Village 21 SF Rezoning Subdivision Agreement Registration 18T-76027 Courtice Heights Courtice 333 SF Subdivision Agreement , 348 SD Registration 18T-76048 Courtice Heights Courtice 137 SF Subdivision Agreement 136 SD Registration 19 TH 18T-76071 D. M. Consultants Bowmanville 14 SF(E) Subdivision Agreement Registration 18T-77001 Alliance Exurban (Goldfan) Courtice 252 SF Rezoning 172 SD Subdivision Agreement ! 33 TH Registration 18T-77037 M. Tomina Courtice 4 SF Rezoning Subdivision Agreement Registration . . . ./2 I Page 2 , Attachment 1 l File Applicant Location Units Action Req 'd 18T-78006 Newcastle Shoreline Newcastle Village 7 SF(E) Rezoning Properties Subdivison Agreement Registration 18T-79038 Remlark Holdings Courtice 48 SF Rezoning 42 SD Subdivision Agreement Registration i TOTAL: 2,293 Units i I TTE:mjc January 20, 1982 i I 1 i Attachment 2 TOWN APPROVED PLANS OF SUBDIVISION File Applicant Location Units Action Req 'd 18T-76025 4 Investments Bowmanville 53 SF - Resolution of Servicing 118 SD Problems 55 Apt. - Draft Approval _ Rezoning - Subdivision Agreement - Registration 18T-77095 Schwarz Bros. Bowmanville 18 SF - Revised Conditions for Approval - Resolution of Servicing Problems - Draft Approval - Rezoning - Subdivision Agreement - Registration TOTAL 244 Units /mj c January 20, 1982 i I I I i i I I �5 Attachment 3 SUBDIVISION APPLICATIONS PENDING File Applicant Location Units Action Req 'd 18T-24043 Veltri Newtonville 14 SF - hamlet plan - draft approval - rezoning - subdivision agreement - registration 18T-24689 Waverly Heights Hampton 44 SF - hamlet plan - draft approval - rezoning - subdivision agreement - registration 18T-25149 M. Payne Newtonville 68 SF - hamlet plan - draft approval - rezoning - subdivision agreement - registration 18T-75189 Durham Estates Newcastle Village 159 SF - Urban Area Plan - Neighbourhood develop. Plan - draft approval - rezoning - subdivision agreement - registration 18T-75421 Gujda Newtonville 19 SF - hamlet plan - draft approval - rezoning - subdivision agreement - registration 18T-75474 Gujda Newtonville 14 SF - hamlet plan - draft approval - rezoning - subdivision agreement - registration 18T-76038 Schickendanz Bowmanville 83 SF - resolution of access problem - draft approval - rezoning - subdivision agreement - registration i . . ./2 j Page 2, Attachment 3 File Applicant Location Units Action Req 'd 18T-76039 Schickendanz Bowmanville 421 SF - extension of services 24 SD - neighbourhood devel .plan - draft approval - rezoning - subdivision agreement - registration 18T-77028 Goldfan Courtice 404 SF - extension of services 188 SD - further environmental 75 TH studies j - neighbourhood plan - draft approval - rezoning - subdivision agreement - registration 18T-77041 T. Perun Courtice 63 SF - extention of services through adjacent plan of subdivision - neighbourhood plan - draft approval - rezoning - subdivision agreement - registration i 18T-77047 Durcourt Courtice 426 SF - extension of services through adj plan of subd - neighbourhood plan - draft approval - rezoning - subdivision agreement - registration 18T-77067 Abbott & Marchant Tyrone 7 SF - draft approval - rezoning - subdivision agreement - registration i 18T-77133 Bowmanville Const. Newcastle Village 41 SF - urban area plan - draft approval - rezoning - subdivision agreement - registration . . ./3 i i I I I Page 3, Attachment 3 File Applicant Location Units Action Req'd 18T-78027 Wilswar Newcastle Village 139 SF - urban area plan - draft approval - rezoning - subdivision agreement - registration 18T-79069 Danad Bowmanville 450 SF - resolution of servicing 85 SD problems - neighbourhood development plan - draft approval - rezoning - subdivision agreement - registration 18T-80045 East Woodbridge Bowmanville 74 SF - resolution of servicing problems - neighbourhood plan - draft approval - rezoning - subdivision agreement - registration 18T-80071 A. E. King Courtice 135 SF - extention of services through adjacent plan of subdivision - draft approval - rezoning - subdivision agreement - registration 18T-811008 Danarus Newcastle Village 27 SF - urban area plan - draft approval - rezoning - subdivision agreement - registration 18T-81013 1927 Investments Eniskillen 26 SF - construction of water supply system - draft approval - rezoning subdivision agreement - registration 18T-81015 Riznek Courti.ce 82 SF - amendment to neighbourh dev. plan - draft approval I - rezoning - subdivision agreement - registration i . . . ./4 j i I i r 6 Page 4, Attachment 3 File Applicant Location Units Action Req 'd 1817-81023 Covic Holdings Enniskillen 22 SF - draft approval - rezoning - subdivision agreement - registration 18T-81029 Norva Newcastle Village 135 SF - urban area plan - neighbourhood dev. plan - draft approval - rezoning - subdivision agreement - registration 18T-81033 Madgwick Courtice 51 SF - draft approval - rezoning - subdivision agreement - registration 18T-81034 Gatehouse Courtice 127 SF - draft approval 90 SD - rezoning - subdivision agreement - registration not formally submitted Hampton Court Estates Hampton 19 SF - hamlet development plan - formal application not formally submitted Wilswar Bowmanville 54 SF - urban area plan - resolution of servicing problems - formal application - draft approval - rezoning - subdivision agreement - registration not formally submitted D & M Associates Bowmanville 34 SF - extension of services 25 SD - neighbourhood dev plan - formal application - draft approval - rezoning - subdivision agreement - registration TOTAL: 3,625 Units TTE:mjc January 20, 1982 i i