Housing will soon replace the driving range at the Kevin Haime Golf Centre in Ottawa’s west end. A development application has been filed with the City of Ottawa for eQ homes to build a new subdivision with 98 homes and a residential/mixed-use block at 560 Hazeldean Road. Kevin Haime, owner of the Kevin Haime Golf Centre, tells CTV News Ottawa that the driving range will close at the end of the 2026 season. “This stuff takes a long time; lining roads up and doing different things. So we’ve known about future development on this site for many years now,” Haime said Thursday afternoon. “It all kind of came together. We’ve got an ownership group and everybody got together and thought it’s the right time to do this for development reasons.” The plan, submitted by Novatech and Double Deck Regional Inc., proposes building 50 single detached homes and 48 units in a townhouse block, with a future apartment block fronting Hazeldean Road. “Double Deck Regional Inc. is proposing to redevelop the Subject Site with a low-rise residential subdivision on the southern portion of the property, whereas the northern portion will be a residential/mixed-use development,” says the planning rationale and scoped urban design brief filed with the city in August. “A separate Site Plan Control application will be filed for the residential/mixed-use development block identified as Block 52 on the Draft Plan of Subdivision when the proposed details are known.” The report says there will be a multi-use pathway as part of the new subdivision. “The proposed development will include a future open space area and pathways that will connect to the existing community and future multi-use pathway abutting the Carp River corridor,” says a report by Novatech. “The multi-use pathway will provide a linear passive and recreational connection for future residents to the surrounding community.” According to the report, a Zoning Bylaw Amendment application is required to rezone the site to permit future residential and non-residential land uses as well as the open space area along the Carp River. “The range and mix of housing options and densities will contribute to the overall housing typologies and forms for the Stittsville community,” Novatech said. The report says the proposed development will include a “network of newly created private roadways that provides for an efficient layout” and connects to Hazeldean Road, Energy Street and Bliss Crescent. The 8.74 hectares of property is currently the Kevin Haime Golf Centre, which includes two buildings and a driving range. The report notes the former City of Kanata approved a site plan control and zoning bylaw amendment applications to permit the development of an instructional driving range facility at the site. Stittsville Coun. Glen Gower declined to comment, telling CTV News Ottawa on Thursday that the application has just been published and he hasn’t had an “opportunity to review what is being proposed.” According to the website, the Kevin Haime Golf School has 21 covered and heated hitting stations, 34 open-air hitting areas and a two-acre short game complex. Haime says they hope to build and open a new golf business somewhere in the Kanata-Stittsville area. “We’re going to do everything we can to stay in Kanata or Stittsville, because all our customers are here,” Haime said. He believes people will miss the driving range on Hazeldean Road. “The Haime name in golf, with our teaching elements, our club fitting, our charity elements will definitely move forward. We don’t even know what that looks like yet,” Haime said. “We’re here until the end of next year. We’re really excited about what’s ahead for the Ottawa golf community for what we might do.” This is the second proposed development on a golfing facility in Ottawa’s west end. Clublink has proposed a housing development on the Kanata Golf and Country Club in the Kanata Lakes neighbourhood. Last month, the Supreme Court of Canada announced it would not hear an application from the City of Ottawa to appeal the Ontario Court of Appeal’s ruling that declared a 1981 agreement to keep 40 per cent of the property as green space as “inoperative.” Clublink and its developers, Minto Communities and Richcraft Homes, have proposed building approximately 1,500 homes on the property. With files from CTV News Ottawa’s Dylan Dyson
