Rotary Holiday House Tour
May 19, 2025
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By Wanda Backus-Kelly Port Rowan and the surrounding area was the location for the Rotary Club of Simcoe’s annual Holiday House tour this year.
A plan to build 24 semi-detached homes on a former agri-business site in Courtland is a step closer to construction.
Norfolk council has approved a subdivision agreement for the project.
One major hurdle remains. CN Railway needs to be on side. CN owns an unused rail line through Courtland, next door to four acres owned by an Ontario numbered company.
County council has given the company permission to build two dozen semi-detached houses if CN officially abandons the rail line.
If CN doesn’t abandon the line, the project must meet CN’s conditions for distance from railway property, fencing and noise control.
The proposed houses would have 1,500 square feet on two floors serviced by municipal water and private septic systems.
County council approved zoning on Feb. 21 and a subdivision agreement on Nov. 19.
Originally printed in The Good News, January 2025.
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