7480 Tomlinson Road, Saanichton, BC V8M 1S7

A single-family dwelling with 89.65 m² of gross floor area is proposed at 7480 Tomlinson Road in Central Saanich, within the Agricultural Land Reserve. Council is being asked to refer the Non-Adhering Residential Use (NARU) application to the Agricultural Land Commission and, conditional on ALC approval, authorize a Development Permit for the protection of farming. The application, under file PL001925, is at the referral stage with no council decision yet. This is a small-scale residential proposal on ALR land, consistent with provincial policy that allows limited non-farm residential uses where farming remains the primary activity. The applicant and property owner is Harjit Nandhra. No other active applications from this owner were found in the development tracker. The District of Central Saanich maintains an online development tracker (https://www.centralsaanich.ca/home-property-development/rezoning-applications) that lists active applications, which confirms this is the only current file at this address. The timeline is entirely dependent on the ALC decision, which has no fixed turnaround. Once ALC approval is received, the development permit can be issued and a building permit application can follow. No correspondence or public hearing data is available; given the single-unit scope and ALR context, the application is unlikely to generate significant opposition. The notable aspect is the process itself: a NARU in the ALR requires ALC sign-off before the municipality can proceed, which means this project moves on a provincial rather than municipal clock.

A single-family dwelling with 89.65 m² of gross floor area is proposed at 7480 Tomlinson Road in Central Saanich, wit…