Background
The Regional Plan identifies Port Wallace as a potential future growth area—a new community to be serviced with municipal sewer and water services.
Regional Council initiated a planning process for the area in 2014. A new community will be designed and the servicing needs and boundaries for services determined. Once the overall design is completed, Regional Council will consider detailed policies and regulations pertaining to land use, layout, density, open space and other community amenities. All of this new information will be presented in a document known as a secondary planning strategy. A secondary planning strategy must be approved by Regional Council in order to become law.
Public Participation
Community engagement is an important part of the planning process. Regional Council appointed members of the Port Wallace Public Participation Committee in 2014 to oversee public engagement and to make recommendations regarding the secondary planning strategy. The committee meets on an ad-hoc basis. The meetings are open to the public and the agendas are posted ahead of time.
Since the planning process began in 2014, two community meetings and two community workshop have taken place.
The first community information meeting on June 5, 2014, at the Port Wallis United Church, included a staff presentation [PDF] about the planning process followed by a question and answer period. Meeting notes summarize what took place.
A Community Planning Workshop was held on June 11, 2014, at the Stevens Road United Baptist Church. The community was provided with a map of the planning area and an opportunity to meet with the consultants for the property owners. Residents provided their input on significant environmental, cultural and heritage features in the area and this input was captured in the notes from the community workshop [PDF].
At a public meeting held on May 26, 2016, a Land Suitability Analysis report and a Baseline Infrastructure Analysis report were presented. Two presentations were explained these reports to the community (Land Suitability Assessment Report Presentation [PDF] and Baseline Transportation Infrastructure Report Presentation [PDF])
An open house and public meeting was held on November 3, 2016. Alternative development proposals were presented for two land parcels—a 53-acre parcel and a 500-acre parcel, located on the east side of Lake Charles, between Waverley Road and Highway 107. Planning staff also presented draft design guidelines for Port Wallace.
The opportunity for public submissions on the development proposals remains open. Comments received are shared with the Port Wallace Public Participation Committee at their meetings.
Anyone wishing to provide comments may do so by contacting Andrew Bone, Planner III by email or by phone at 902.717.5043.
Background Work:
A series of studies, reports and information have been prepared to support and inform the planning process and are available at:
What is the status of the Port Wallace project?
The Port Wallace project is an active project and work is currently underway completing background research, working with the Port Wallace Public Participation Committee to develop draft policies and continued work on the costing of infrastructure and the development of a Capital Cost Charge program. After the drafting of policy is completed further public consultation will take place.
Port Wallace Community Public Participation Committee (PPC)
Up to eight citizens serve as members of this committee. North West Community Council and Harbour East – Marine Drive Community Council each recommend four citizens to Regional Council for appointment. More detail about the committee’s role can be found in the Terms of Reference [PDF].
Port Wallace PPC members appointed by Regional Council:
Peter Connor
Adam Flick
Valerie Gray
Bertrand Losier
Catherine Lunn
Robert MacPherson
Agendas and Minutes:
September 8, 2014: Agenda & Meeting Notes
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October 6, 2014: Agenda & Meeting Notes
• Summary of RP+5 Changes, Regional Council Presentation
• Excerpts of the Revised Regional Plan Policies
• Secondary Planning Strategy Example (Bedford West)
• Presentation - Community Engagement 101
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April 19, 2016: Agenda & Meeting Notes
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June 29, 2016: Agenda & Meeting Notes
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September 19, 2016: Agenda & Meeting Notes
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January 9, 2017: Agenda & Meeting Notes
• Marina Hamilton presentation
• Committee E-mail exchanges after the meeting
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February 27, 2017: Agenda & Meeting Notes
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February 5, 2018: Agenda & Meeting Notes
• Baseline Transportation Analysis Presentation
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April 12, 2018: Agenda & Meeting Notes
• Traffic Issue Presentation -Adam Flick
• Traffic Issue Presentation – Paul Burgess, P.Eng
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April 30, 2018: Agenda & Meeting Notes
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May 17, 2018: Agenda & Meeting Notes
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May 31, 2018: Agenda & Meeting Notes
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June 14, 2018: Agenda & Meeting Notes
• Public Participation Comments Received
• Presentation – Traffic Safety Review
• Port Wallace Density by Phase
• Conrad Industrial Phasing Plan
• Conrad Residential Phasing Plan
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June 28, 2018: Agenda & Meeting Notes
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September 27, 2018: Agenda & Meeting Notes
• Working Draft – Port Wallace Secondary Plan
• Working Draft – Port Wallace Zones (Land Use By-law)
• Working Draft – Map 1 – Port Wallace Secondary Planning Area
• Working Draft – Map 2 Port Wallace Generalized Future Land Use Map
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October 11, 2018: Agenda & Meeting Notes
• Port Wallace SPS - Working Draft September 27, 2018
• Draft Port Wallace Zones - Sept 27, 2018
• Port Wallace PPC Issue Tracking October 9, 2018
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November 1, 2018: Agenda & Meeting Notes
• Port Wallace SPS - Working Draft September 27, 2018
• Draft Port Wallace Zones - Sept 27, 2018
• Highway 107 Memo
• Port Wallace PPC Issue Tracking November 1, 2018
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November 15, 2018: Agenda
• Draft Port Wallace Zones - Sept 27, 2018
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December 12, 2018: Agenda
• Draft Port Wallace Industrial Zones - Sept 27, 2018
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January 16, 2020: Agenda and Package
Contact the planner
For more information about the Port Wallace planning process or to be added to the email notification list for this project, contact:
Andrew Bone
902.717.5043
bonea@halifax.ca
Related files
- Port Wallace Cost of Servicing Plan (PDF)
- Conrad Lands Presentation (PDF)
- Clayton Development Presentation (PDF)
- Public Meeting Notes - November 3, 3016 (PDF)
- Submissions Received (PDF)
- Draft Design Guidelines (PDF)
- Land Suitability Assessment Report Presentation (PDF)
- Baseline Transportation Study Presentation (PDF)
- Oct 6 2014 Regional Council Presentation - file not uploaded yet.
- Oct 6 2014 Secondary Planning Strategy Example (Bedford West) - file not uploaded yet.
- Reports re: Conrad Requests (heard at Sept 6 2016 Regional Council Meeting) (PDF)
- Land Suitability Study (2016) (PDF)
- Baseline Water & Sewer Report (2016) (PDF)
- Shubenacadie Sub-Watershed Study Final Report (AECOM, April 2013) (PDF)
- Shebenacadie Sub-Watershed Study Final Report (Harbour East - Marine Drive Community Council Report Nov 2013) (PDF)
- Cost of Servicing Study (Nov 16 Halifax Regional Council Staff Report) (PDF)