Surrey planning report 7922-0129-00

Staff Report to Council Application No.: 7922-0129-00 Planning & Development Report Page 9 • The School District has indicated that it is not supportive of the proposal. The District’s current student projections do not reflect unplanned considerable increases in density, and piecemeal urban development is likely to lead to capacity issues at the catchment schools. There are no current plans to expand these schools to accommodate urban development in the area, and any future school expansion plans should happen in concert with a neighbourhood policy planning process. • The subject site contains a significant number of mature trees. Typically, single family small lots do not allow for considerable opportunities for tree retention. Therefore, outside of the proposed park areas, staff do not expect significant opportunities for tree preservation within the proposed lots. Staff consider the mature trees in this area to be an important neighbourhood character element. However, this has not been reviewed in detail as an arborist report has not yet been submitted or reviewed. • While long-term it is expected that there will be a plan developed that can accommodate urban development in this neighbourhood, it is not currently within the City’s Community Planning Division’s work plan and it is not expected in the foreseeable future. At this time there are many significant planning processes underway to support urban development in transit oriented areas (e.g. Fraser Highway) which are presently taking precedence over development in this area. The initiation of a neighbourhood policy planning process would also require support from the majority of neighbourhood residents. Based on the feedback that staff have received through the prenotification process, the majority of neighbourhood residents do not currently want significant change in neighbourhood character such as urban redevelopment. • Significant opposition has been expressed by neighbourhood residents, which is outlined in the following section of this report. PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT • Pre-notification letters were sent on September 19, 2023, and the Development Proposal Signs were installed on March 3, 2023. • The applicant has initiated a number of communications with neighbourhood residents, starting in 2018 before an application was submitted in 2022. After application submission, the applicant conducted an online survey in order to obtain feedback from the community. The website was launched on August 8, 2023, and was open for almost seven weeks, until September 25, 2023. Pre-notification Response: • Staff received 105 responses to the pre-notification letters and development proposal sign. All respondents expressed strong opposition to the proposal. • The concerns raised by respondents included unsuitable neighbourhood character and lack of neighbourhood fit, traffic, density, strain on community infrastructure, and environmental impacts. The majority of the respondents reside in the immediate neighbourhood. • Notification in the neighbourhood also lead to the creation of an online petition in opposition to the project, with 4,330 signatures.

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