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A Public Hearing was held on March 22, 2021, after which Council approved the application.


What's being proposed?

A Heritage Revitalization Agreement (HRA) is proposed in order to subdivide the property into two “compact” sized lots of roughly 2,360 sq. ft. (219.3 sq. m.) each. The existing 1907 house would remain in place, and a new house would be built on the new lot to the west. Three Zoning Bylaw relaxations are proposed for both houses: smaller lot size, increased density, and reduced parking space setbacks. Four additional relaxations would be needed to regularize the heritage house: site coverage, rear yard projection, and setbacks (front and rear). In exchange the 1907 house would be restored and legally protected with a Heritage Designation Bylaw.

Click here to view drawings of the proposed development.


How can I engage?

There are multiple opportunities for the public to provide feedback through the application review process. The process typically includes applicant-led consultation, review by City committees and City-led consultation. The review process is iterative and revisions are considered, based on consultation feedback, throughout the process.

A Public Hearing was held on March 22, 2021, after which Council approved the application. All opportunities for engagement with this application are now complete.


A Public Hearing was held on March 22, 2021, after which Council approved the application.


What's being proposed?

A Heritage Revitalization Agreement (HRA) is proposed in order to subdivide the property into two “compact” sized lots of roughly 2,360 sq. ft. (219.3 sq. m.) each. The existing 1907 house would remain in place, and a new house would be built on the new lot to the west. Three Zoning Bylaw relaxations are proposed for both houses: smaller lot size, increased density, and reduced parking space setbacks. Four additional relaxations would be needed to regularize the heritage house: site coverage, rear yard projection, and setbacks (front and rear). In exchange the 1907 house would be restored and legally protected with a Heritage Designation Bylaw.

Click here to view drawings of the proposed development.


How can I engage?

There are multiple opportunities for the public to provide feedback through the application review process. The process typically includes applicant-led consultation, review by City committees and City-led consultation. The review process is iterative and revisions are considered, based on consultation feedback, throughout the process.

A Public Hearing was held on March 22, 2021, after which Council approved the application. All opportunities for engagement with this application are now complete.

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This application has been scheduled for a Public Hearing. Questions and comments received by 5pm, three business days before the Public Hearing will be included in the agenda package. Later questions and comments received until the close of the Public Hearing will be distributed on table at the meeting. All questions and comments will be published.

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    what heritage benefits is this proposal providing to the City of New Westminster?

    Matt asked almost 4 years ago

    The 1907 Davey House has high heritage value as well as a high level of building integrity. It has been evaluated to have historic, social, and cultural values, as well as significant aesthetic and scientific values because it is a British Columbia Mills Timber and Trading Company (BCMTT) Ready-Made house system. These houses were designed, patented and produced between 1904 and 1910 in Vancouver and shipped across Western North America. It illustrates BCMTT’s unique sectional building system, consisting of pre-cut lumber and panels that were labelled, insulated and pre-painted, with vertical battens covering the joints between panels. It is also one of only eight known surviving BCMTT’s Ready-Made houses in New Westminster and may be the only surviving example of the Design H cottage in the Lower Mainland. 

    Given the building’s high heritage value, Heritage Designation provides a higher level of protection, design control, and development regulations than the Queen’s Park Heritage Conservation Area (QPHCA). Being a protected property in the QPHCA does not change a property’s development entitlement but provides tools to manage any proposed changes. Any changes to a designated heritage property must first receive approval from City Council (or its delegate, the Director of Development Services) through a Heritage Alteration Permit (HAP). Future development is no longer entitled, but could be permitted by Council with an HAP.