Joanne Layh A proposed rezoning and OCP amendment that would pave the way for a new residential townhouse development in the Lower Princeton area received third reading from Peachland council last week. The property, 6099 Jackson Cres., is located at ...
First and second readings for lower Princeton townhouse developement
Joanne Layh An Official Community Plan (OCP) and rezoning amendment application for the lower portion of Turner Park at 6099 Jackson Cres. received first and second readings by Peachland council Tuesday night. The developer, Noura Homes, has applied to change ...
Residential townhouses proposed for property below Turner Park
Joanne Layh Noura Homes has scheduled a public consultation meeting to provide the community with information related to a proposed rezoning and Official Community Plan (OCP) amendment that would facilitate a new residential townhouse development in the Lower Princeton area. ...
Council approves five-storey Lakeview development
Joanne Layh The developer who brought Peachland The Gateway on Beach Avenue received unanimous council approval last Tuesday to construct Lakeview, a similar type of building on the four parcels of land just across from The Gateway on 13th Street, ...
Tabletop Mountain development active again
Joanne Layh At the last regular council meeting, Coun. Patrick Van Minsel noted that the Tabletop Mountain development (formerly Trepanier Manor) is back up and running and asked director of planning and development services Darin Schaal for a status update ...
Variance permit approved
Joanne Layh A Buchanan neighbourhood property zoned RR2 Country Residential has been granted council approval for a development variance permit that would allow the owners to build a home consistent with the more prevalent R1 Single Detached Residential zoning. The ...
Council approves winter patio pilot project, with conditions attached
Joanne Layh Peachland restaurants and bars can keep their patios open this winter on a pilot project basis, council decided this week. There are four businesses in town that were licensed to operate sidewalk patios during the 2021 season: Beach ...
Multi-unit housing proposed for Lower Princeton area property
Joanne Layh A proposal to build a 20-unit housing project on a 2.1-acre property located in the Lower Princeton neighbourhood received initial support from Peachland council this week. The property, located at 4607 Princeton Ave, is situated to the south ...
More resources for planning department
Joanne Layh After months of being overworked and under-resourced Peachland’s planning department is on its way to getting the resources it needs, but clearing the backlog will take some time, Peachland council heard in a recent report from the town’s ...
Property owner receives notice on title for illegal retaining wall
Joanne Layh A Notice on Title has been filed on a property with an illegal retaining wall built along a hillside that, according to municipal staff, has the potential to collapse and block off access to the new water treatment ...
Buchanan Rd development passes third reading
Joanne Layh A rezoning application to allow for a fifteen-unit building strata development in the Buchanan neighbourhood received third reading from Peachland council last Tuesday evening. The application proposes to rezone the currently undeveloped property opposite Davis Cove Resort and ...
Little sympathy from council for property owner and ‘a cowboy in an excavator’
Joanne Layh A Peachland property owner who constructed a retaining wall without the appropriate permits is learning the hard way don’t mess with Peachland. At their regular meeting last Tuesday Peachland council denied an application for a technical development permit ...
New zone and four-storey building approved for Beach Avenue
Joanne Layh It took a bit of a rocky road to get there, but last Tuesday evening Peachland council gave a rezoning application final consideration and adoption to allow for a four-storey mixed use development at 4316 Beach Avenue. The ...
Council approves $85,000 special projects coordinator position
Joanne Layh At this morning’s committee of the whole meeting, Peachland council gave preliminary budget approval for a special projects coordinator position, previously referred to as a climate action/special projects coordinator position. In his budget briefing to council, director of ...
Buchanan Rd public hearing draws mixed response
Joanne Layh A public hearing to receive community input on the rezoning and road closure needed to support a fifteen-unit building strata development proposed for the Buchanan neighbourhood drew a mix of support and opposition, with the majority of ...