Updated:
JANUARY 22, 2025
NOTICE OF APPROVAL
HALIFAX AND WEST COMMUNITY COUNCIL
On January 21, 2025, Halifax West Community Council approved the application to enter into a development agreement to allow a café use and three residential units at 6319 Chebucto Road, Halifax.
Request
Application by Peter Henry Architect requesting to enter into a Development Agreement to permit a three-storey mixed-use building containing a café and multiple residential units at 6319 Chebucto Road, Halifax.
Proposal
The applicant wishes to enter a new development agreement to allow a three-storey building containing a café and three residential units. The major aspects of the proposal are as follows:
• This application is being looked at under planning policy in the Regional Centre Municipal Planning Strategy which allows consideration of neighbourhood-scale commercial uses in Established Residential areas through the development agreement process.
• A development agreement is a legal agreement between a municipal council and a property owner. It establishes site-specific development requirements that may differ from those in the land use bylaw.
• A similar proposal was approved previously by Halifax and West Community Council on April 24, 2023 under Case #24111. Differences between the previous and current requests include a height increase from two storeys to three, a roof deck, as well as an increase in allowable residential units.
The Development Plans (provided below) outline the development proposal in detail.
Process
The application will be considered under the development agreement process.
Status
TAKE NOTICE THAT Halifax and West Community Council did, on Tuesday, January 21, 2025, approve the following:
PLANAPP 2024-00371 - Application by Peter Henry Architect to enter into a development agreement to allow a café use and three residential units at 6319 Chebucto Road, Halifax.
Any aggrieved person, the Provincial Director of Planning, or the Council of any adjoining municipality may, within fourteen days of the publishing of this notice on the HRM website, appeal to the Nova Scotia Utility and Review Board (902.424.4448), in accordance with the provisions of the Halifax Regional Municipality Charter.
This notice was posted to this site on January 22, 2025 in accordance with the requirements of the Halifax Regional Municipality Charter.
Documents Submitted for Evaluation
The applicant has submitted plans and studies required by HRM staff to properly evaluate the application. The documents are also available for review at the Planning Applications office in Downtown Halifax.
- Elevation Drawings (PDF)
- Site Plan (PDF)
- Policy Analysis (PDF)
Contact Information
For further information, please contact:
Mailing Address
HRM Planning and Development
Planning Applications
PO Box: 1749,
Halifax,
Nova Scotia,
B3J 3A5
Attention: Taylor MacIntosh