PLANAPP 2023-00304 - 1274 Hammonds Plains Road, Hammonds Plains

Request

Zzap Consulting, on behalf of Bowers Construction, is applying to amend the Municipal Planning Strategy (MPS) and Land Use By-law (LUB) for Beaver Bank, Hammonds Plains, and Upper Sackville to allow an office building at 1274 Hammonds Plains Road. The site was formerly used as the St James Church. The site is designated Residential and is zoned P-2 (Community Facility) which does not permit the development of a commercial office building. Consequently, Zzap is requesting an amendment to the MPS and LUB to allow the proposed development.

Proposal

The subject site is at 1274 Hammonds Plains Road.
  
Bowers Construction proposes to construct a two-storey office building at the north-east corner of Hammonds Plains Road and Crestfield Drive (Attachment A – Site Plan). The proposal is to use the building as the headquarters for Bowers Construction and to use a portion of the space as a design centre for partnering companies.    The major aspects of the proposal are as follows:
•    2-story office building with a hip roof, brick, metal and large glazed windows.
•    3600 sq.ft.(334 sq.m.) building footprint on a 24,636 sq.ft. (2289 sq.m.) lot. 
•    The proposed access is from a shared driveway with the recently approved seniors’ housing development at 9 Crestfield Drive (Case 23720).  
•    The building is proposed to be oriented toward Crestfield Drive across from the Village of Uplands Park.

Process

The application will be considered under the Municipal Planning Strategy Amendment and Development Agreement process.

Status

Staff have concluded the public engagement on this file and are currently in the Development Agreement review process. Once this has been completed Staff will begin the process of drafting a staff recommendation report for this file.

Documents Submitted for Evaluation

The applicant has submitted plans and studies required by HRM staff to properly evaluate the application. 

1.    Site Plan 
2.    Building Drawings