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Increased development activity in the County of Stettler

There has been an increase in development permits issued by the County of Stettler as compared to last year this time.

There has been an increase in development permits issued by the County of Stettler as compared to last year this time.

The increase in residential development permits from 38 to 62 this year, shows an increased value of almost two million dollars.

However, the number of commercial and industrial development permits has reduced from 13 to six, although the difference in total value is a mere $66,000.

Between January and June this year, the time during which most development permits are obtained, the number of total development permits has gone up significantly, from 51 to 75, creating an increase in the total development permit value of almost two million dollars compared to the same time period last year.

"We are preparing for some inter-municipal plans between the County and the Town, in the area around Highway 12 east of town, by the new Petro Canada service station," said Johan van der Bank, director of Planning and Development at the county. "The county and the town have an agreement that in this area the town will provide water and sanitary sewage services to developments in the county, while the county will share up to 30 per cent of the property taxes with the Town."

The county and the town are at the moment engaged in a master servicing study for this area to determine how future development will be serviced.

According to van der Bank, sometimes developers want to locate close to town, but not necessarily be in the town.

"Those are the opportunities where the two municipalities are trying to work together for the benefit of the larger community."