Municipal red tape snarls Delpark Homes’ plans for new subdivisions in Courtice

COURTICE – Municipal planning processes are holding up the development of two new subdivisions in Courtice.

Delpark Homes has hopes to build detached homes on the west side of Prestonvale Road, south of Bloor Street. The developer also has property off Courtice Road north of Bloor Street where it would like to build a mix of detached, semis and stacked townhomes. Between the two sites, there would be 400 new units.

Delpark has constructed 260 homes in Bowmanville’s Northglen community near Reg. Rd. 57 and a second site nearby called Crosswinds saw people lining up overnight in the rain for the chance to scoop up one of the 60 lots available earlier this summer.

“It shows there’s a need. If there were more properties available, people wouldn’t have to lose sleep, lining up to get their family into a new home,” said Mark DiGiovanni…