Town Staff have released an addendum and map consolidating development activity throughout all of Stouffville. It shows a total of 10,929 residential units already in the Town’s development pipeline.
“This number, 6,500 dwelling units, may be deemed intimidating at first glance…The [report], however, tells a different story with considerable development occurring sooner based on actual applications,” Dwayne Tapp, Stouffville’s Director of Development Services, said in the addendum.
Of these nearly 11,000 future dwellings:
6,789 units are within active applications currently under review
888 units have been approved but do not have building permits
1,512 units have an approved Official Plan Amendment
1,048 units have an approved Official Plan Amendment and Zoning By-Law Amendment
500 units are approved and under construction
With this level of development in process, even with much of it in earlier stages, Mayor Lovatt believes Stouffville is already on its way to meeting the provincial target.
“It’s not out the realm of possibility to easily hit 6,500 units by 2031,” Lovatt told us, saying he will support Stouffville making the pledge.
“Regardless of ones partisan leanings, supporting the housing pledge is a no brainer when we clearly have almost 60% more units under application than the pledge requests,” he added in a recent statement.
However, concernsremain over the municipality’s ability to fund the servicing and community amenities needed to support such rapid growth without imposing effective service cuts on existing residents.
Council will debate and decide on staff’s pledge recommendation at their meeting tomorrow evening.
