Council's decision to defer the public hearing until January generated applause among more than a dozen Springbank Hill residents at Tuesday's meeting

It will be a new-look city council that decides whether a contentious development in Springbank Hill will move forward, after council voted Tuesday to postpone a public hearing for the Augusta Villas project until January 2026.

The proposal, led by developer Kyle Wurzer, seeks to build 42 luxury townhomes on 2.86 acres of undeveloped land along Elveden Drive S.W. in Ward 6.

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Ward 1 councillor Sonya Sharp, who has represented the southwest neighbourhood since former Ward 6 councillor Richard Pootmans resigned last November, tabled the motion to defer a vote on the project’s rezoning.

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