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[Citified.ca]

An aerial view of the former Royal Oak Golf Course. The nine-hole course closed in 2016 and was sold in 2017. The current owners have submitted an application to the District of Saanich to remove the golf course lands from the Agricultural Land Reserve.

Royal Oak Golf Course eyed for Agricultural Land Reserve exclusion, development
https://victoria.cit...on-development/

Following its 2016 closure and subsequent sale in 2017, the nearly 30-acre Royal Oak Golf Course could soon be slated for redevelopment, according to documents filed with the District of Saanich.

Owner 1122590 B.C. Ltd has applied before the municipality to exclude a significant portion of the former golf course lands currently under the Agricultural Land Reserve (ALR) in order to "facilitate future development," although the proponent has yet to provide concept plans for how it plans to shape the property if its removal request is approved. [Full article]

[MarkoJ]

Golf is a dying sport. This makes sense.

[lanforod]

It's the traditional full 18 hole course type play that is dying. We actually need more 9 hole public executive courses and driving ranges here, not less - popularity of those is growing.

[VicHockeyFan]

Golf is a dying sport. This makes sense.

 

That's not quite accurate.

[GaryOak]

We don't need more sprawl, we need more hight.

[jonny]

We don't need more sprawl, we need more hight.

 

Why? Broadmead and Bear Mountain are quite lovely. People love living in those types of neighbourhoods. I think we need more of all types of housing. We shouldn't be so discriminatory. 

[RFS]

We definitely need more sprawl. Many people/families want a house. The only way thats going to be affordable for the majority of new buyers is sprawl

[gstc84]

Link to the full article doesn't work.

 

What was a golf course doing in the ALR to begin with?

[Mike K.]

Fixed! Thank you.

[VicHockeyFan]

Link to the full article doesn't work.

 

What was a golf course doing in the ALR to begin with?

 

I think they most all are.  Certainly Victoria, Armore and Uplands are.

[Jackerbie]

Link to the full article doesn't work.

 

What was a golf course doing in the ALR to begin with?

 

Golf courses are not a permitted ALR use since 1992, but any of the golf courses approved by the ALC prior to that change are grandfathered. There are golf courses in the ALR throughout the province.

[VicHockeyFan]

Here we go, local map and ALR map...

 

 

 

[Jackerbie]

Interesting to note that the garden centre is ALR!

[pikabu]

https://www.vicnews....or-alr-removal/

[lanforod]

I suspect it will not be successful.

[tjv]

If its not successful then the new owners should bring in 10,000 hog and start farming!  Hope the neighbours don't mind wearing gas masks 24/7 and watch the value of their houses plummet to $1

 

I'd also add maybe 1000 chickens with a bunch of roosters.  Those babies nearly couch out a lung reminding everyone its 4am

 

After all they bought next to ALR land!

[Victoria Watcher]

one suspects that’s the plan.

[tjv]

^so then why are people fighting taking it out of the ALR?

[spanky123]

one suspects that’s the plan.

 

I doubt that is the plan. When you are an established local developer you need to think big picture. 

[tjv]

^who is the established local developer, I have no idea who 1122590 B.C. Ltd is