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WHAT IS GOING ON WITH 8 STOREY DEVELOPMENT ON WILSON STREET EAST?

The application is for exactly the same 8 storey building that was denied after the Province passed BIll 150.  That was due to what Ancaster Village Heritage Community can only see as remarkable intervention by the applicant lobbying the Housing Ministry.  Wording...

WHAT IS POSITIVE DEVELOPMENT?

AVHC SUPPORTS POSITIVE DEVELOPMENT IN THE VILLAGE CORE  Ancaster Village Heritage Community has spent an incredible amount of time and money fighting the two big box developments proposed for the Ancaster Villlage Core.  An 8 storey proposal for the corner of Wilson...

DEVELOPER RE-FILES FOR AN 8 STOREY BUILDING IN ANCASTER VILLAGE CORE

The new application appears to replicate a previous proposal for the same building that failed to gain approval in 2024, even after an appeal to the Ontario Divisional Court. The proposed development spans from 392 to 412 Wilson Street East and involves relocating the...

Hotel on the south-west corner of Wilson Street East

There was a hotel on the south-west corner of Wilson Street East and Academy Street from 1832. It burned down in 1878 and was rebuilt. The owner, John Crann, leased it to his son-in-law, Edward Henderson, who named it Henderson’s Hotel and opened it on May 22, 1879.

340-342 Wilson Street East in Ancaster

This house is located at 340-342 Wilson Street East in Ancaster.It is now a two-storey, double frame house.It was originally a single house and store built by James Wilson.He came to Ancaster from Ireland with his wife in 1846.He and his sons later (James T. Wilson...

MARR PHILIPPO HOUSE IN GRAVE DANGER AS DEVELOPER RE-FILES FOR AN 8 STOREY BUILDING IN ANCASTER VILLAGE CORE

The new application is the same building that failed to gain approval in 2024 despite an attempt to take the matter to Ontario Divisional Court.  The proposed development stretches from 392 to 412 Wilson Street East.  It includes a plan to move Marr Philippo House...

Ancaster group appeals council’s townhouse decision for 15 Church Street

By Bob Maton, AVHC As the article (below) by Kevin Werner says, AVHC is now beginning a fund-raising campaign to fund our Local Planning Appeals Tribunal appeal of the over-development at 15 Church Street. This is a beginning step in our efforts not only to mitigate...

WHAT IS GOING ON WITH 8 STOREY DEVELOPMENT ON WILSON STREET EAST?

The application is for exactly the same 8 storey building that was denied after the Province passed BIll 150.  That was due to what Ancaster Village Heritage Community can only see as remarkable intervention by the applicant lobbying the Housing Ministry.  Wording...

WHAT IS POSITIVE DEVELOPMENT?

AVHC SUPPORTS POSITIVE DEVELOPMENT IN THE VILLAGE CORE  Ancaster Village Heritage Community has spent an incredible amount of time and money fighting the two big box developments proposed for the Ancaster Villlage Core.  An 8 storey proposal for the corner of Wilson...

DEVELOPER RE-FILES FOR AN 8 STOREY BUILDING IN ANCASTER VILLAGE CORE

The new application appears to replicate a previous proposal for the same building that failed to gain approval in 2024, even after an appeal to the Ontario Divisional Court. The proposed development spans from 392 to 412 Wilson Street East and involves relocating the...

Hotel on the south-west corner of Wilson Street East

There was a hotel on the south-west corner of Wilson Street East and Academy Street from 1832. It burned down in 1878 and was rebuilt. The owner, John Crann, leased it to his son-in-law, Edward Henderson, who named it Henderson’s Hotel and opened it on May 22, 1879.

340-342 Wilson Street East in Ancaster

This house is located at 340-342 Wilson Street East in Ancaster.It is now a two-storey, double frame house.It was originally a single house and store built by James Wilson.He came to Ancaster from Ireland with his wife in 1846.He and his sons later (James T. Wilson...

MARR PHILIPPO HOUSE IN GRAVE DANGER AS DEVELOPER RE-FILES FOR AN 8 STOREY BUILDING IN ANCASTER VILLAGE CORE

The new application is the same building that failed to gain approval in 2024 despite an attempt to take the matter to Ontario Divisional Court.  The proposed development stretches from 392 to 412 Wilson Street East.  It includes a plan to move Marr Philippo House...

Ancaster group appeals council’s townhouse decision for 15 Church Street

By Bob Maton, AVHC As the article (below) by Kevin Werner says, AVHC is now beginning a fund-raising campaign to fund our Local Planning Appeals Tribunal appeal of the over-development at 15 Church Street. This is a beginning step in our efforts not only to mitigate...

WHAT IS GOING ON WITH 8 STOREY DEVELOPMENT ON WILSON STREET EAST?

The application is for exactly the same 8 storey building that was denied after the Province passed BIll 150.  That was due to what Ancaster Village Heritage Community can only see as remarkable intervention by the applicant lobbying the Housing Ministry.  Wording...

WHAT IS POSITIVE DEVELOPMENT?

AVHC SUPPORTS POSITIVE DEVELOPMENT IN THE VILLAGE CORE  Ancaster Village Heritage Community has spent an incredible amount of time and money fighting the two big box developments proposed for the Ancaster Villlage Core.  An 8 storey proposal for the corner of Wilson...

DEVELOPER RE-FILES FOR AN 8 STOREY BUILDING IN ANCASTER VILLAGE CORE

The new application appears to replicate a previous proposal for the same building that failed to gain approval in 2024, even after an appeal to the Ontario Divisional Court. The proposed development spans from 392 to 412 Wilson Street East and involves relocating the...

Hotel on the south-west corner of Wilson Street East

There was a hotel on the south-west corner of Wilson Street East and Academy Street from 1832. It burned down in 1878 and was rebuilt. The owner, John Crann, leased it to his son-in-law, Edward Henderson, who named it Henderson’s Hotel and opened it on May 22, 1879.

340-342 Wilson Street East in Ancaster

This house is located at 340-342 Wilson Street East in Ancaster.It is now a two-storey, double frame house.It was originally a single house and store built by James Wilson.He came to Ancaster from Ireland with his wife in 1846.He and his sons later (James T. Wilson...

MARR PHILIPPO HOUSE IN GRAVE DANGER AS DEVELOPER RE-FILES FOR AN 8 STOREY BUILDING IN ANCASTER VILLAGE CORE

The new application is the same building that failed to gain approval in 2024 despite an attempt to take the matter to Ontario Divisional Court.  The proposed development stretches from 392 to 412 Wilson Street East.  It includes a plan to move Marr Philippo House...

Ancaster group appeals council’s townhouse decision for 15 Church Street

By Bob Maton, AVHC As the article (below) by Kevin Werner says, AVHC is now beginning a fund-raising campaign to fund our Local Planning Appeals Tribunal appeal of the over-development at 15 Church Street. This is a beginning step in our efforts not only to mitigate...