Star Oak Development Ltd. is proposing to build 68 detached houses and 141 townhouses on about 5.5 hectares of vacant agricultural land surrounding the woodlot.

Access to the neighbourhood will be from Sixth Line, as well as from the lands to the west as they are developed.

Ward 5 councillor Marc Grant expressed concern about the town’s ability to protect the integrity of the woodlot and wetlands as thousands of new residents move into the area.

“My concern is that someone would break off the trail, run deep into the forest and set up a little party town or something like that,” he said.