The owner of the Kanata Golf and Country Club has officially submitted plans to redevelop the 71-hectare course that weaves through Kanata, despite months of backlash from longtime neighbours.
ClubLink, together with local developers Minto Communities and Richcraft Homes, is proposing turning half of the golf course into housing.
Another 20 per cent would be roads, six per cent parks and 19 per cent storm water ponds or open spaces.
“We are pleased to share our conceptual plans for an exciting new neighbourhood that will enhance the use of this significant piece of land inside Ottawa’s urban boundary,” said Robert Visentin, ClubLink’s senior vice-president of investments, in a news release.
Because fewer people are playing golf while the cost of operating courses keeps rising, the redevelopment proposal puts the land to better use, the company said — the same rationale it offered last winter when it first shocked nearby residents with its plans.
The proposal includes single homes, townhouses and condos, as well as some kind of buffer between those and existing homes.
“Maximizing public access to green space has been a critical design principle in our planning,” said Steve Grandmont, chief operating officer of Richcraft Homes.
