District of West Vancouver plans to add approximately 1,000 to 1,200 new residential units in the next 20 years in Ambleside.
However, these numbers will need to be confirmed through a Local Area Plan.
In providing a specific number of housing units, the district staff was responding to the Draft Metro 2050 Regional Growth Strategy created by Metro Vancouver.
The strategy calls upon municipalities to focus growth in urban centres and near transit.
The Ambleside Municipal Town Centre is estimated to accommodate 20-24% of net new residential growth, around 1,200 units, by 2041.
However, the exact number of units and town boundaries will be through a Local Area Plan process.
The District has completed two Local Area Plans, the Marine Drive and Horseshoe Bay, where district will support residential and commercial growth.
District of West Vancouver has also sought clarification from Metro Vancouver on whether new Urban Centres can be considered in areas not currently on major transit corridors, such as the Cypress Village.
The current proposal for Cypress Village supports up to 3,700 net new residential units, though it is not located on a major transit growth corridor.
According to the district staff, The Cypress Village Area Development Plan, envisions a ‘complete, compact, mixed-use village’ with up to 3,700 net new residential units, 100,000-135,000 square feet of commercial space, and a wide range of community services, amenities, and institutional uses by 2051.
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This West Vancouver counsel is totally out of control, it’s ludicrous to think that the infrastructure currently in place is capable of handling this volume off new Residence
I totally agree with you. More cars. More people. More crowded everything. More competition for doctors, housing, and services. Same infrastructure. PARADISE LOST.
How many new homes are going into the Point Grey area? Isn’t this area similar to West Van. Rr
Ambleside is densest part of the North Shore.
I don’t believe the geography is even close
Good fortune on your exciting new publishing endeavour. We desperately need a source of WV news
Especially about our out of control council. Hey, I say lots of meaningful things twice. i am 95 and I hate to see this lovely town spoiled by short term jerks. West van has been a disaster since the council sold all our upper kands for $17 per acre. And blew the money, no hospital, opera house or city hall, just blew it. We have less park land now than 60 years ago.
I agree!
The good news is that many of these new residences will be in the form of low-impact coach houses, town houses and other great configurations which will increase housing options, especially for downsizing seniors. Time for a sustainable approach to better land use.
West Van is not some tiny tropical island. “Paradise” is an evolving thing. If WV fails to develop in a sensitive way, providing more and differentiated housing, it will become a “Deserted Island”soon enough and there will be no joy in having the last laugh