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A November 2021 file photo of signage at the Kanata Golf and Country Club. Photo by Errol McGihon / POSTMEDIA Article content The City of Ottawa has suffered yet another defeat in its battle to stop ClubLink from building 1,500 homes on the site of the Kanata Golf and Country Club. On Jan.
21, the Court of Appeal for Ontario dismissed the city’s appeal of a lower-court decision in favour of the developer. In dismissing the city’s appeal, the appeal panel of three judges said its decision was in keeping with a 2022 ruling by the Ontario Land Tribunal that suggested the ClubLink proposal represented good neighbourhood planning. Advertisement 2 Story continues below This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below.
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Access articles from across Canada with one account Share your thoughts and join the conversation in the comments Enjoy additional articles per month Get email updates from your favourite authors Sign In or Create an Account Email Address Continue or View more offers If you are a Home delivery print subscriber, online access is included in your subscription. Activate your Online Access Now Article content In 2023, an Ontario Superior Court ruling determined that ClubLink shouldn’t be “saddled with a perpetual obligation” to operate a golf facility. The city’s appeal centred around the argument that the original mandate for the property was about protecting open spaces.
When initial owner Campeau negotiated to build the course with the City of Kanata in 1981 — Kanata was later amalgamated into the City of Ottawa — one of the conditions was that at least 40 per cent of the property would remain open space. ClubLink purchased the property in 1997. It announced plans to redevelop in 2018, contending that golf clubs were struggling to stay competitive due to the high number of courses in the National Capital Region.
The plan calls for a development of 1,480 housing units, including townhouses, apartments, detached and semi-detached homes. ClubLink has set aside 32 per cent of the site for parks, woods and open spaces. Opponents of the project, however, have argued that the site can’t withstand so much concentrated development.
Their chief concerns involve stormwater management and fears that water will end up in basements. Currently, excessive rain drains onto the golf course. Advertisement 3 Story continues below This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below.
Article content The courts also decided that the original construction agreement for the lands were no longer valid. “All provisions in the 1981 agreement and related contracts relating to the golf course lands are to be considered void as a consequence,” the appeal court ruling read. “Where provisions relate to the property as a whole, they are to be interpreted as no longer applying to the golf course lands.
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