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Wednesday, December 2, 2015
Darryl Coote/Lucknow Sentinel
Residents were out in force to celebrate the Lucknow Santa Claus Parade on Nov. 25, 2015. Community groups, businesses and organizations marched the snowy streets, handing out candy to children and
topping off the event with an appearance by Santa himself. Pictured: Frosty the Equestrian? Horses and their riders were a sight to be seen at the parade. See more inside and online at lucknowsentinel.com
Huron -Kinloss begins process to redelegate land use
Darryl Coote
Kincardine News
Huron -Kinloss Township
council has begun a process
to redelegate land use within
the municipality in accord-
ance with provincial policy.
The Planning Act requires
the Official Plan of all munici-
palities to be reviewed every
five years to ensure that a
20 -year supply of land be
available to accommodate
projected demand.
However, based on pro-
jected demand the munici-
pality presently has a residen-
tial supply of 66 years, said
Pierre Chauvin of Mac -
Naughton Hermsen Britton
Clarkson Planning Limited
(MHBC), a consulting firm
that specializes in commer-
cial, residential and aggregate
resource planning, in front of
Council on Nov 23.
He recommended that
Council remove 97.5 hectares
(ha) of land from its settle-
ment areas, reducing its resi-
dential supply to a 44 -year
surplus.
The settlement areas within
the township include: Luc -
know, Ripley, Lakeshore,
Amberley, Holyrood, Kinloss,
Kinlough, Pine River and
Whitechurch.
Provincial policy, Chauvin
said, directs new growth in
residential settlement areas,
which includes the expansion
of services such as wastewater
and water capacity.
"That's why we're largely
focusing on Lakeshore, Luc -
know and Ripley, although
Lakeshore is partially serviced.
Again, there's already a lot of
land designated residential for
residential purposes within
those settlement areas of Luc -
know and Ripley. We've esti-
mated about the equivalent of
1,600 units and 650 units in
Lucknow and Ripley, respec-
tively. That's a lot of units that
are not there," he said.
Based on MHBC's calcula-
tions, the township is
expected to see a population
growth of 1,132 people by
2036 with a household
increase of 1,047 units. Pres-
ently, there is enough land to
accommodate 3,442 residen-
tial units, an over supply of
2,395 units.
"Overall we have a very
modest growth," he said.
Lucknow has the largest
projected oversupply of 1,580
residential units, or a supply
for 429 years, followed by Rip-
ley with 597 units that would
accommodate 176 years.
"Therefore, there is cur-
rently an oversupply of resi-
dential land in the township,"
the report submitted to Coun-
cil reads.
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