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Denman Green proposal discussed at online community meeting

A Local Trust Committee meeting on Aug. 6 gave residents a presentation and question period on a proposed affordable-housing development.

The Denman Firestarter · reporting 2020-08-06 · compiled 2026-10-01

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The Denman Island Local Trust Committee held an online community information meeting on Aug. 6 about the Denman Housing Association’s Denman Green application and proposed bylaw amendments. The minutes say approximately forty members of the public attended.^[1]

The proposal would transfer density from a 63-hectare parcel, where the maximum number of single-family dwellings would fall from seven to three, to a 29-hectare parcel, where the maximum would rise from one dwelling to 25. Of those 25, 20 are proposed as affordable rental homes and five are allocated to a remainder parcel.^[1]

Planning staff said more information was needed before a public hearing could be scheduled. The applicant had been asked for an updated sewage and grey-water report, and consultations on fire protection were underway. The minutes also record concerns in referral responses about rainwater collection as the primary source of potable water.^[1]

In the question period, staff said the committee had not requested a hydrological report for the remainder parcel; proof of water would be needed if an application to subdivide it were made in the future. The minutes say the proposed tenant-selection criteria had not been finalized, with Denman residency and length of residency among anticipated considerations.^[1]

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