The owners of a self-storage company who cut down a woodlot in east London will have more time to reach a resolution with city hall.
By a narrow margin, city council referred the matter back to staff for further discussions with the property owner.
Last year, council rezoned the property at 455 Highbury Ave. N. to permit the vacant industrial building to be repurposed into a self-storage facility.
A woodlot at the south end of the property was to be maintained.
However, most of the trees were cut down prior to a new rezoning application that seeks permission to add five buildings (65 additional storage units) on the southern half of the site.
A planning consultant representing Apple Self Storage told the Planning and Environment Committee (PEC) earlier this month that the trees were removed because the woodlot was experiencing “vagrancy issues.”
At the time, members of PEC unanimously recommended that …