Nearly 2,000 residential units coming to village east of Oshawa

Two development projects in Newcastle will be coming to Clarington’s Planning and Development Committee next month, with the two proposals bringing more than 1,900 residential units to the village – the majority to a project on Wilmot Creek Drive.

GHD Limited has submitted applications on behalf of Rice Development Corporation for a Zoning By-law Amendment and Draft Plan of Subdivision at 6 Wilmot Creek Drive in Newcastle.

The proposal would see 1,755 units (114 street-side townhouses, 269 condo townhouses and 1,372 apartment units in a block of low-rise buildings, with the maximum height eight storeys) on a 76-acre site.

The proposal also contains 1,700 square metres of retail space within four mixed-use buildings, two parkettes, open space blocks, a stormwater management facility and underground parking.

Learn more at www.clarington.net/6WilmotCreek.

GHD Limited has also submitted applications (on behalf of Douglas Humphrey) for a Zoning By-law Amendment and Draft Plan of Subdivision in Bennet Road – immediately north of the CN Rail tracks and south of the Wilmot Creek proposal.

The developer wants to bring 160 units (60 back-to-back townhouses and 100 apartment units) with a parkette and underground parking, to a 6.3-acre site.

Learn more at www.clarington.net/BennettRdNewcastle.

The public is invited to the Council Chambers on June 16 for the meeting or to watch it at home via livestream at  www.clarington.net/calendar.

Staff contacts, additional information and instructions on how to submit comments or join the interested parties list are available on the development proposal webpages.