Dec 2025 update: A settlement was negotiated at the OLT.

Link to EIS, Staff and HCA comment tracker, and other studies is HERE

Key natural features on site:

• A 9.2 ha Significant Woodland with rare ‘interior forest’ identified on Schedule B of the Urban Hamilton Official Plan as “Core Area”

• Meadow marsh wetland connected to the Significant Woodland via a hedgerow

• Agricultural acreage on site is comprised entirely of Canada Land Inventory Prime 1, 2, 3 soils.

• 816 of 1040 trees with diameter at breast height (DBH) 10cm slated for removal including 24 on neighbouring properties.

• Three vernal pools and 0.3 ha of interior forest habitat 100 m from the forest edge within the Significant Woodland

• Four additional woodland areas

• Headwater tributary of the Ancaster Creek

• Several important hedgerows identified as linkages for wildlife movement in the AEGD secondary plan

• Endangered Butternut trees and other at risk species

• Eastern Wood-pewee habitat

• Potential breeding and dispersal habitat for endangered Jefferson Salamander

• Habitat for species at risk bats and bat maternity roosts