By Mark Squibb
The Town of Paradise has received an application for approval of a major subdivision on a 19.6-hectare parcel of Crown Land off Dawe’s Road and west of Three Island Pond.
As the land is zoned Rural Conservation, a groundwater assessment will be required.
Councillor Sheldon Antle said the applicant has been issued a Crown Land licence to access the land for the assessment but needs permission from the Town to undertake it. The assessment includes the installation of monitoring wells.
“It’s important to note, any designs or builds that would come forward would have to be compliant with rural residential conservation design principals to ensure that the natural look of the area remains,” said Antle. “It’s important for us, and we’ve had many conversations, about maintaining the natural look, and maintaining the aesthetic, and the environmentalism principles where possible, and rural residential conservation design principles help to ensure that.”
Council gave its approval for a groundwater assessment only. Any development approval will come at a later time and will depend on the assessment results.
