Active Planning Applications

A Planning Strategy Review and Community Benefit Action Plan for the Beechville Community

Application by Sunrose Land Use Consulting for a substantive amendment to the existing development agreement for Paper Mill Lake subdivision to allow for the construction of 214 residential units (lots) and one commercial parcel over 4 phases, prior to completing the road connection from Moirs Mill Road to Hammonds Plains Rd, Bedford (Parcel ID 00428375, 40810228, 40810210)

Application to amend the HMPS and HPLUB for a development of approx. 400 res. units and up to 32,000 square feet of commercial at Robie, College and Carlton Streets

HRM initiated a comprehensive secondary planning process for the Middle Sackville Urban Local Growth Centre.

Planning & Development is working to update the zoning for Aerotech Business Park and surrounding lands within Airport Industrial Designation. This project includes introducing new zones that will protect and support these valuable industrial lands.

A Regional Council initiated project to consider industrial and highway commercial development on the Conrad Quarry lands (PID: 00276105; 00276188; 00275966; 40174286 and 41168279).

West End Mall Future Growth Node

The Cogswell District is a transformational, municipal-led city-building initiative, which will convert the underutilized Cogswell Interchange into a vibrant, mixed-use neighbourhood that will reconnect Downtown Halifax to the North End

Application by WM Fares Architects for a comprehensive planning process to allow the development of the Mic Mac Mall lands bounded by Micmac Boulevard, Horizon Court, and Highway 111, Dartmouth

Halifax Regional Municipality proposes to repeal Downtown Halifax Plan Area and to consolidate all the remaining downtown lands into the Regional Centre Plan Area.

Amendment to Eastern Passage Planning Policy to allow Larger Multiple Unit Dwellings on 2 Properties on Main Road, Eastern Passage

Harbour East Marine Drive Community Council initiated an amendment to the Eastern Shore (West) Land Use By-law.

North West Community Council initiated an amendment to the Sackville Drive Land Use By-Law.

Peggy’s Cove Commission initiated amendments to the Peggy’s Cove Land Use By-law.

Halifax Mainland Land Use By-law Map Amendments for the Dutch Village Road Street Wall Maximum Heights

Sunrose Land Use Consulting, on behalf of the property owner, is applying to amend the Municipal Planning Strategy (MPS) and Land Use By-law (LUB) for Planning Districts 1 and 3 (St. Margarets Bay) at 5249 St. Margarets Bay Road and 51 Sonnys Road, Upper Tantallon.

Zzap Consulting Inc., on behalf of the property owner, has applied to amend the Municipal Planning Strategy (MPS) and Land Use By-law (LUB) for Planning District 4 (Prospect) and enter into a development agreement on lands at 1540 Prospect Road and PID 00656074, Hatchet Lake.

To modify the built form requirements in the Regional Centre Secondary Municipal Planning Strategy (Centre Plan) to increase the tall mid-rise building height from 10 storeys to 12 storeys at 2764-2778 Robie Street.

ZZAP on behalf of the property owner, has applied to amend the Regional Centre Secondary Municipal Planning Strategy (SMPS) and Land Use By-law (LUB) to a permit a reduced side yard setback requirement for the portion of a building above 33.5 metres at 1872-1874 Brunswick St. (PID 00002030) and 1888 Brunswick St. (PID 00002022), when an abutting site cannot be developed as a high-rise building due to the Halifax Citadel Ramparts Sight Lines.
This proposed change is being considered for all properties within the Downtown Halifax (DH) Zone as a broad planning response to address future considerations of similar Site-Specific requests in the urban core.

Upland Planning + Design Studio on behalf of the property owner has applied to change the urban structure designation of 63 Jackson Road, Dartmouth (PID 00056218) from Established Residential (ER) to Higher Order Residential (HR), rezone the property from Established Residential-3 (ER-3) to Higher-Order Residential-1 (HR-1), increase the maximum permitted height from 11.0 metres (3 - 4 storeys) to 5 storeys, and reduce the minimum front yard setback from 4.0 metres to 1.5 metres.

ZZAP on behalf of the property owner has applied to create a site-specific development agreement policy for light industrial uses at 4 Fernhill Drive, Dartmouth (PID 41079807) that are supporting and similar to the abutting property at 386 Windmill Road, Dartmouth (PID 41079799) under the same ownership.

Fathom Studio, on behalf of the property owner has applied to amend the Regional Centre Secondary Municipal Planning Strategy (SMPS) and Regional Centre Land Use By-Law (LUB) to reduce the minimum side setback for the portion of the main building above the streetwall at PID 00077313. The amendment will allow for the development of a 9 storey, mixed-use, tall mid-rise building.

Grace Lutheran Church is requesting to discharge an existing Development Agreement and to enter into a new Development Agreement.

Application by Zzap Consulting Inc. and Fares & Co. Development Inc. requesting Stage 2 Development Agreement approval for the remaining King’s Wharf development site.

Armco Capital Inc. is applying to amend an existing development agreement on PIDs 41292137, 41291758, 41290925, and 41290917 in Middle Sackville.

A request by WM Fares Architects, on behalf of the property owner, for a substantive amendment to an existing development agreement on a site located on the Mainland Common area in Clayton Park (PIDs 41477720, 40550774, and 00330845).

Application by Sightline Planning + Approvals, requesting site specific amendments to the Bedford MPS and a development agreement.

Stephen Adams Consulting Services Inc., on behalf of CRM (Coastal Resources Masonry), is applying to amend the Municipal Planning Strategy and Land Use By-law for Planning District 4.

Fathom Studio is applying to enter into a development agreement at 400 Sackville Drive, Lower Sackville.

Application by Fathom requesting to enter into a heritage development agreement on the lands at 1262 Bedford Highway.

An application by Paul Skerry Architects Limited to enter into a Development Agreement at 498 Sackville Drive, Lower Sackville.

Sunrose Land Use Consulting is applying to enter into a development agreement on Montague Road, Lake Loon.

David Zareski is applying to rezone and to enter into a Development Agreement at 209 and 211 Waverley Road, Dartmouth.

Zzap Consulting is requesting to rezone and enter into a development agreement at 23-28 Norwood Dr., Dartmouth

This application is in the pre-engagement stage. Once it is deemed ready to proceed to public engagement, residents within an 80-metre radius of the site will be notified by mail of the public engagement process and given an opportunity to provide feedback on the proposed development.

An application by UPLAND Planning + Design Studio, on behalf of the property owner, for a substantive approval to an existing development agreement.

Application by Sightline Planning + Approvals, on behalf of Vanguard Developments Inc., to enter into a development agreement at PID 40000382 off Lockwood Avenue, Herring Cove.

Application by Sightline Planning and Approvals, on behalf of the property owner, to rezone lands at 1246 Ketch Harbour Road (PID: 00391169) from P-5 (Special Facility Zone) to R-6 (Rural Residential) and C-2 (General Business Zone).

Application by Fathom Studio (Fathom) on behalf of a property owner, requesting to enter into a heritage development agreement on lands at 5663 Nora Bernard Street, Halifax, also known as the Mayflower Factory, to permit a mixed-use development consisting of a 17-storey, multi-residential addition to the registered heritage property, and the rehabilitation and adaptive re-use of both the registered heritage property (the Mayflower Factory) and the adjacent unregistered building (the yellow townhouses), as mixed-use commercial/residential spaces.

Application by Charles Freeman Architect to enter into a development agreement at 5933 Prospect Road, Big Lake.

Application by OSO Planning + Design to enter into a development agreement near the intersection of Hammonds Plains Road and Larry Uteck Boulevard in the Bedford West Area 1 & 12 Special Planning Area (PID 00645846).

Application by Zzap Consulting on behalf of the property owner (3088962 Nova Scotia Limited), requesting to enter into a heritage development agreement on lands at 1389 Robie Street, Halifax

OT Developments has submitted an application to amend the existing development agreement for 2 Koussa Lane in Cole Harbour.

Application by Fathom Studio to enter into a heritage development agreement to permit a 31-unit, 6-storey, mixed-use development, including the rehabilitation and adaptive re-use of the historic building and construction of a new rear-addition.

Request from WM Fares to enter into a Development Agreement at 658 Pockwock Road, Upper Hammonds Plains.

Application for a development agreement to permit the construction of a multiple-unit dwelling at 15 Kennedy Drive.

Request for development at 10 Cumberland Drive, Cole Harbour.

To enter into a development agreement at 189 Kearney Lake Road, Halifax, within the Bedford West 10 Special Planning Area.

Application from Zzap Consulting Inc. to enter into a development at 344 & 376 Sackville Drive, Lower Sackville.

Application from Sightline Planning + Approvals, on behalf of the property owner, requesting to enter into a Development Agreement on PIDs 00656306 and 00656322 off Prospect Road in Bayside.

Enter into a development agreement at 6421 Cork Street in Halifax.

An application has been submitted for a development agreement on lands off Main Street and Golf View Drive in Dartmouth.

Application by ZZap Consulting Inc., on behalf of the property owner requesting to amend the existing development agreement for the Brunello Links lands.

Application by Sunrose Land Use Consulting requesting to enter into a Development Agreement onto PID 00539791, in Middle Musquodoboit.

AHANS has applied to rezone the lands and enter into a development agreement for the development of a mixed-use building on Sackville Drive.

Application by Mode Architecture Inc. requesting to amend Appendix A-1 of the Beaver Bank, Hammonds Plains and Upper Sackville Land Use By-law.

Application from DesignPoint Engineering & Surveying Ltd. requesting to enter into a Development Agreement at 3575 Old Guysborough Road.

Application by 360 CAD Design Services requesting a development agreement at 44 Blissett Road in Cole Harbour (PID: 00410068).

Fathom Studio, on behalf of the property owner, has applied to rezone 3709 Barrington Street (PID 00019281 and 00019299), Halifax.

Application by FBM, on behalf of the property owner, requesting to enter into a heritage development agreement on lands at 1102 Purcell’s Cove Road, Halifax.

Application by FBM & Westwood Construction Limited on behalf of a property owner, requesting to enter into a heritage development agreement on lands at 1290-1300 Oxford Street, Halifax (PIDs 00078162 & 00078170) to permit a multi-unit residential development consisting of one 14-storey tower with two levels of underground parking, as well as landscaping improvements.

Sightline Planning + Approvals has requested a substantive amendment to an approved development agreement, Herring Cove Road, Halifax.

Application from Zzap Consulting Inc., requesting to enter into a Development Agreement on a 44 acre parcel off West Petpeswick Road, West Petpeswick (PID 00334953).

Application from Zzap Consulting Inc., requesting on behalf of the landowner of 71 Greenpark Close in Halifax (PID 41071994), to discharge an existing development agreement and enter into a new development agreement.

Application from property owner requesting to discharge 3 clauses (1, 2, and 16) of the restrictive covenant registered to 43 Braeloch Court, Lake Loon (PID 40548752).

Request by Zzap Consulting Inc. to enter into a development agreement at 620 Portland St., Dartmouth

Application from FBM Architecture Ltd on behalf of the North End Community Health Centre requesting to amend the Regional Centre Land Use By-law to better support the development and operation of Community Health Centres in the Regional Centre.

WM Fares, on behalf of the property owner, is requesting to enter into a new development agreement to permit a 3-storey apartment building containing 47 units.

The major aspects of the proposal are as follows:
• 3-storey apartment building with 47 units
• Underground vehicle parking spaces accessed via Tidewinds Lane
• Four above ground vehicle parking at rear of building
• Property accessed via Tidewinds Lane, a private road
• Lot coverage is 28.9%

The Development Plans (provided below) outline the development proposal in detail, and include information related to the project rationale, site plan, elevation drawings, traffic impact, and preliminary stormwater management.

Application from Stephen Adams, on behalf of the property owner of PID 00397992, to rezone the access easement located on PID 00649178 from PA (Protected Area) to R-2 (Two Unit Dwelling).

Application from Albert Njeim requesting to modify part of the private covenant registered to 2222 Shore Road, Eastern Passage.

Application by Build Nova Scotia to amend the Peggy's Cove Land Use By-law.

Sunrose Land Use Consulting, on behalf of property owners, is requesting to enter into a development agreement for 20 Siniuk Lane, Halifax.

Application from the property owners requesting to discharge all parts of the restrictive covenant registered to 754 Waterstone Run, Lucasville, PID 40817777.

Application by Dexel Development Ltd., requesting non-substantive amendments to an existing development agreement at 5970 Spring Garden Road, Halifax.

Application by Fathom Studio to enter into a development agreement at 59 Main Avenue, Halifax

Application by UPLAND Planning + Design to rezone a portion of a parcel of land off of Old Trunk Road in Elmsdale from the MU (Mixed Use) zone to the I-3 (Heavy Industry) zone.

Application by the property owner to demolish the existing home and garage on the subject property to allow for the expansion of the floor area and to include an attached garage through the provisions of a Development Agreement for the property located at 1877 Waverley Road, Waverley (PID 00518985).

Application by RM Architectures Inc. to enter into a new Development Agreement at 273 Herring Cove Rd., Halifax.

A request by Fathom Studio, on behalf of the property owners, requesting substantive amendments to the existing development agreements known as Seton Ridge, at the former Motherhouse Lands, Bedford Highway, Halifax

Application by zzap Consulting Inc. requesting to enter into a development agreement at 17 & 19 Mayor Avenue, Halifax.

Application by zzap Consulting Inc., on behalf of the property owner, requesting to enter into a development agreement at 4 Twin Oaks Road, Halifax.

DesignPoint Engineering Limited has applied to enter into a development agreement to enable a Hybrid Conservation Design Development on lands located off the Fall River Road.

Application from Kulak Construction Ltd. requesting to modify part of the restrictive covenant registered to PID 41276940 located at 6 Ramsbrook Court, Halifax.

Bedford Commons Opportunity Site

PLPROJ-2023-01763 Halifax Exhibition Centre Mixed Use Development
Fathom Studio, on behalf of the property owner BANC Group, has applied to enable a mixed use development on the Halifax Exhibition Centre lands at 200 Prospect Road, Beechville.

Municipal project to consider amendments to the Regional Centre Secondary Municipal Planning Strategy and the Regional Centre Land Use By-law to restrict water lot development and infilling in Dartmouth Cove, Dartmouth.

To amend the existing policy and development agreement to allow for additional density, height, and building form changes within the Penhorn Special Planning Area (SPA).

Amend the Regional Subdivision By-law.

A staff report on what the HRM, the Port of Halifax and other relevant stakeholders should undertake to situate pyritic slate disposal sites.