Case 21639 - Middle Sackville Master Plan

Request

HRM initiated a comprehensive secondary planning process for the Middle Sackville Urban Local Growth Centre to enable mixed residential, commercial, institutional and recreational uses on lands surrounding the Highway 101 – Margeson Drive interchange in Middle Sackville.

Project Background
The subject properties are within an Urban Local Growth Centre. The Regional Plan supports a mix of low and medium density housing, walkable streets, active transportation routes and quality transit connections in this growth centre through a secondary planning process. A community visioning exercise was completed in 2011 for the Middle Sackville Urban Local Growth Centre. The community identified desired features for the area including recreational opportunities, an outdoor public gathering space, a cultural centre, a commercial centre, a variety of housing types and seniors housing.

At their meeting on December 4, 2018, Regional Council directed staff to undertake a comprehensive secondary planning exercise to amend the Regional Municipal Planning Strategy, Regional Subdivision By-law, Secondary Municipal Planning Strategies and Land Use By-laws for Sackville and Beaver Bank, Hammonds Plains and Upper Sackville to enable a complete community in the Middle Sackville Urban Local Growth Centre comprised of residential, commercial, institutional and recreational development on lands surrounding the Highway 101 – Margeson Drive interchange. A copy of the staff initiation report it available here.

Proposal

Project Details
Additional information on this project is available on Shape Your City. The Shape Your City webpage includes preliminary plans and technical studies, updates on the status of the project, more information about the planning process, and details on how the public can participate in and provide feedback on the project. 

Status

A virtual Public Information Meeting was conducted regarding the Margeson Drive Master Plan – Phase #1 on Wednesday, August 18, 2021. View a recording of the meeting. 
Residents wishing to make comment on this application may do so up to and including  August 25, 2021. Please contact the planners below to submit your feedback.

Documents Submitted for Evaluation

Preliminary designs of the proposal are currently underway, so there are no plans or studies to review at this time. When available, plans and other relevant materials will be posted in this section of the website.

Initiation Report
Map 1 – Regional Plan Generalized Future Land Use
Map 2 – Community Plans Generalized Future Land Use
Map 3 – Zoning
Map 4 – Proposed Margeson Drive and Highway 101 Master Plan Study Area