GH:BVV - Planning Report

Here is the corrected link to the Grey Highlands Planning Report on the Beaver Valley Village. It was originally presented to the Committee of the Whole in October (old council) and recommended acceptance and forwarding to the County. The committee voted to defer its decision. The same report was on the agenda for the December 13 Council Meeting (new council) for discussion purposes only.

The BVRA and the Beaver Valley Village: A History

For a good overview of our concerns, see our PPT most recently presented to our membership on January 8, 2011. At that meeting, the membership gave the BVRA executive the green light to continue its advocacy and in addition to provide the membership with an estimate of the cost of retaining legal and/or hydrogeological expertise.

Background

The Beaver Valley Village (BVV) subdivision, planned for the top of the escarpment near the Beaver Valley Ski Club, is to be serviced with individual wells and septic systems.  This 45-lot development proposal is in the Municipality of Grey Highlands (GH), in the County of Grey (GC). Google map.

The entire, surrounding 230 ha area, Beaver Valley Village Settlement Area (BVVSA), is designated Escarpment Recreation Area in the Niagara Escarpment Development Plan and deemed by GC to be a focus of growth and “akin to a settlement area”. The NEC has handed over development control to GH. ERA map.

There are 125 approved lots and residences in the area now, and the theoretical potential for 130 – 180 more; this does not include the existing and potential development below the escarpment, which is also part of the Escarpment Recreation Area. Currently, there are no municipal water or sewage services and none planned for the foreseeable future.