Nanticoke Development Proposal

Overview

The key details of Empire's proposal for Nanticoke include:

• 1,700 hectares (4,200 acres) of total land area
• 1,010 hectares (2,500 acres) or 60% of the total land area used for residential development with the potential for 15,000 residential units and 40,000 new residents. A total of 2,000 (15%) of the new residential units would be dedicated to affordable housing
• 690 hectares (1,700 acres) or 40% of the total land area used for employment development with the potential to bring 7,500 to 11,000 jobs
• The potential for an additional 7,000 to 8,000 commercial retail and service jobs to support the new community, intermixed within the residential and employment areas
• 40 hectares (100 acres) of waterfront lands to be dedicated to Haldimand County for recreational development (such as parks, trails, etc.)
• The development of a new wastewater treatment plant which could also accommodate/service the communities of Hagersville, Jarvis and Townsend in the long term
• The extension of natural gas infrastructure and capacity to the area

For Haldimand to consider this proposal, a Minister's Zoning Order (MZO) is required to override existing land use and zoning regulations. MZO approval would allow for the start of a comprehensive local planning review to ultimately decide if the proposal should move forward.

Additional municipal review

If the MZO is approved, Haldimand County requires that the proposal still be subject to several local approvals and conditions before moving forward. Items for approval include:

• A master plan informed by public consultation
• Detailed technical studies, including land use compatibility, archaeology, environmental impact, hydrogeological, stormwater management, servicing, traffic impact and geotechnical
• Plan(s) of subdivision
• Refined site-specific zoning informed by the master plan details