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Mattamy Homes is chipping away at the fringe of its Barrhaven golf course by proposing to build a residential subdivision on a chunk of the land, raising concerns from existing homeowners who enjoy their green vistas.
Kevin O’Shea, division president for Mattamy in Ottawa, said the company wants to hear feedback from the public on its proposal to build 158 homes on a section of the Stonebridge Golf Club and renovate the golf course. The company has filed a development application at city hall for its Phase 16 blueprint.
“We have an asset in the south end of the city in the golf course that resides within the urban boundary and we have the opportunity to look at providing housing in that market for new families, while maintaining an 18-hole golf course that currently exists there,” O’Shea said Friday.
Jay McLean, the president of Stonebridge Community Association, said the golf course is the “centrepiece” of the community and people bought homes there for that reason.
“This development application will have a major impact on the Stonebridge golf course and the Stonebridge community,” McLean said.
“In terms of a golf course, there’s some expectation of permanency when people invest in the community, so this current application at hand that’s proposing to build over part of it and change the nature of the course significantly is of a lot of concern.”
When people first bought their homes around the golf course, there was no indication that some of the course would be turned into a subdivision, McLean said.
Residents are curious about Mattamy’s long-term plans for the golf course and if the company has interest in keeping it.
“Is this just the start?” McLean said.
The 158 homes proposed by Mattamy off 2701 Longfields Dr. would be a mix of townhomes and single homes. There’s no immediate timeline for the application to go through the political approval process.
It’s not the first time Stonebridge homeowners have been faced with development along the golf course.
It happened in 2013 when Monarch Homes, which was acquired by Mattamy in 2015, revealed plans to build homes along the fifth hole, threatening to sully the vistas of homeowners across a fairway. The community association appealed to the Ontario Municipal Board but dropped the challenge when it hammered out a deal with Monarch to put in privacy landscaping around the 11-home development.
A separate plan by Uniform Urban Developments is in the hopper. Uniform’s land, which is plotted for 51 homes, is next to where Mattamy wants to build Phase 16. City council’s planning committee is scheduled to vote on Uniform’s rezoning application Tuesday.
With it current development proposal, Mattamy wants to use land from the golf course to build homes, but also reconfigure some holes on the course.
The redevelopment would shrink the total yardage of the course. Its entire length would decrease by between 767 yards and 879 yards, depending on the tee blocks golfers use. Between three and five holes would be changed. It would become a Par 68 instead of the current Par 71.
Mattamy’s redesign of the course would ensure it would be “accessible and playable for the residents of the community and the broader golfing public of Ottawa,” O’Shea said.
But will Stonebridge’s loyal golfers be irked by a shortened course?
“My suspicion is that we’ll hear about that feedback at our public information session next Wednesday, so I can’t speak to that at this time,” O’Shea said. “We’re committed to speaking with the relative stakeholders that are involved in this development application, be it homeowners or golfers. Mattamy is committed to building thoughtful, well-designed communities, and we believe the application of an information session like we’re hosting next Wednesday is a good step to fulfilling those thoughtful elements and soliciting stakeholder feedback from all groups.”
Mattamy’s information session on Wednesday will be at the Stonebridge Golf Club starting at 6 p.m.
When it comes to complaints from homeowners who have paid a premium to have uninterrupted golf course vistas, O’Shea said Mattamy will collect the feedback and respond.
O’Shea declined to say how much land Mattamy owns around the course. He also declined to say if there would be other residential phases proposing to swallow chunks of the golf course.
As for Mattamy’s interest in the long-term future of the golf course and future development, O’Shea said: “It’s an asset that we own. What we are committed to is informing our relative stakeholder groups, which is homeowners and golfers in and around the community, about this development application, solicit their feedback and see what type of initiatives they ask us to draw into this specific development and our future ones.”
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Kevin O’Shea, division president for Mattamy in Ottawa, said the company wants to hear feedback from the public on its proposal to build 158 homes on a section of the Stonebridge Golf Club and renovate the golf course. The company has filed a development application at city hall for its Phase 16 blueprint.
“We have an asset in the south end of the city in the golf course that resides within the urban boundary and we have the opportunity to look at providing housing in that market for new families, while maintaining an 18-hole golf course that currently exists there,” O’Shea said Friday.
Jay McLean, the president of Stonebridge Community Association, said the golf course is the “centrepiece” of the community and people bought homes there for that reason.
“This development application will have a major impact on the Stonebridge golf course and the Stonebridge community,” McLean said.
“In terms of a golf course, there’s some expectation of permanency when people invest in the community, so this current application at hand that’s proposing to build over part of it and change the nature of the course significantly is of a lot of concern.”
When people first bought their homes around the golf course, there was no indication that some of the course would be turned into a subdivision, McLean said.
Residents are curious about Mattamy’s long-term plans for the golf course and if the company has interest in keeping it.
“Is this just the start?” McLean said.
The 158 homes proposed by Mattamy off 2701 Longfields Dr. would be a mix of townhomes and single homes. There’s no immediate timeline for the application to go through the political approval process.
It’s not the first time Stonebridge homeowners have been faced with development along the golf course.
It happened in 2013 when Monarch Homes, which was acquired by Mattamy in 2015, revealed plans to build homes along the fifth hole, threatening to sully the vistas of homeowners across a fairway. The community association appealed to the Ontario Municipal Board but dropped the challenge when it hammered out a deal with Monarch to put in privacy landscaping around the 11-home development.
A separate plan by Uniform Urban Developments is in the hopper. Uniform’s land, which is plotted for 51 homes, is next to where Mattamy wants to build Phase 16. City council’s planning committee is scheduled to vote on Uniform’s rezoning application Tuesday.
With it current development proposal, Mattamy wants to use land from the golf course to build homes, but also reconfigure some holes on the course.
The redevelopment would shrink the total yardage of the course. Its entire length would decrease by between 767 yards and 879 yards, depending on the tee blocks golfers use. Between three and five holes would be changed. It would become a Par 68 instead of the current Par 71.
Mattamy’s redesign of the course would ensure it would be “accessible and playable for the residents of the community and the broader golfing public of Ottawa,” O’Shea said.
But will Stonebridge’s loyal golfers be irked by a shortened course?
“My suspicion is that we’ll hear about that feedback at our public information session next Wednesday, so I can’t speak to that at this time,” O’Shea said. “We’re committed to speaking with the relative stakeholders that are involved in this development application, be it homeowners or golfers. Mattamy is committed to building thoughtful, well-designed communities, and we believe the application of an information session like we’re hosting next Wednesday is a good step to fulfilling those thoughtful elements and soliciting stakeholder feedback from all groups.”
Mattamy’s information session on Wednesday will be at the Stonebridge Golf Club starting at 6 p.m.
When it comes to complaints from homeowners who have paid a premium to have uninterrupted golf course vistas, O’Shea said Mattamy will collect the feedback and respond.
O’Shea declined to say how much land Mattamy owns around the course. He also declined to say if there would be other residential phases proposing to swallow chunks of the golf course.
As for Mattamy’s interest in the long-term future of the golf course and future development, O’Shea said: “It’s an asset that we own. What we are committed to is informing our relative stakeholder groups, which is homeowners and golfers in and around the community, about this development application, solicit their feedback and see what type of initiatives they ask us to draw into this specific development and our future ones.”
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