REQUEST FOR DECISION
MEETING DATE: April 21, 2026 Report No. APC-26-011
TO: Advisory Planning Commission
FROM: Alex Tang, Planner and Bill Brown, Director of Development Services
SUBJECT: Rezoning Application - 1048 Craigflower Road
RECOMMENDATION:
Recommendation
That the Esquimalt Advisory Planning Commission recommends that Council approve, approve with conditions, or deny the rezoning application to authorize the proposed development of a 6-unit residential development consistent with the architectural plan and landscape plan provided by BDD Homes, to be located at 1048 Craigflower, including reasons for the chosen recommendation.
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:
The applicant is requesting a change in zoning from RD-3 [Two Family Residential] to a comprehensive development zone. This change is required to accommodate the proposed 6-unit townhouse residential building.
Evaluation of this application should focus on issues related to zoning such as the proposed height, density, massing, siting, setbacks, lot coverage, usable open space, parking, land use, fit with the neighbourhood, and consistency with the overall direction contained within the Official Community Plan.
BACKGROUND:
Context:
Applicant / Owner: Baldev Singh
Designer: BDD Homes
Property Size: Metric: 1002 m2 Imperial: 10791 ft2
OCP Present Land Use Designation: Low Density Residential
OCP Proposed Land Use Designation: Townhouse Residential
Existing Land Use: Single-Family Residential
Proposed Land Use: Townhouse Residential
Surrounding Land Uses:
North: Single-Family Residential
South: Golf Course
East: Single-Family Residential
West: Single-Family Residential
ANALYSIS:
OFFICIAL COMMUNITY PLAN ANALYSIS:
OCP Section 5.3 Townhouse Residential Development states an objective to strive for the efficient development of townhouses that improves and enhances the livability of neighbourhoods and the community as a whole.
OCP Section 5.3 states a policy to consider new townhouse resident...
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