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Denman Green housing applications advance at Trust meeting

The Denman Island Local Trust Committee approved a variance application connected to a proposed affordable housing project and discussed changes to its housing agreement.

The Denman Firestarter · reporting 2021-07-22 · compiled 2026-10-01

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The Denman Island Local Trust Committee approved a development variance permit for Pandesign Inc. at 1151 Kirk Road, an application described as the first step toward a proposed multi-unit affordable housing project.^[1]

The property is split between commercial and residential zoning, and the variance concerns the minimum lot size for its residential portion. Staff said the variance would not increase density; the commercial portion was to be subject to a covenant preventing its sale or transfer until a companion rezoning application was completed.^[1]

The committee also considered requested amendments to a proposed housing agreement and restrictive covenant for the Denman Community Land Trust Association’s rezoning application. Trustees suggested consulting the applicant about tenant-selection provisions and ways to improve Indigenous inclusiveness.^[1]

The minutes record the committee’s approval of the Pandesign variance and its discussion of the housing-agreement amendments; they do not record approval of the companion rezoning in these agenda items.^[1]

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