Sorbara fires up pilot light to restart development plans in Beeton
Posted March 5, 2026
A 13-year-old residential development plan by the Sorbara Group which to date has only built 39 houses out of its 577 draft plan approved units in Beeton, will return to the council chamber next week with a request to increase its allotment to between 836 to 875 "depending on the final frontage mix."
Sorbara's application for a "red line revision" (meaning major changes to a draft plan) will be presented to a public planning meeting on March 11. It proposes to undue its 457 single detached, and 120 semi-detached approvals. In their place 467-506 single detached, and 366 townhouse units. There would be no semi-detached in the updated plan.
The subject lands are approximately 60.05 hectares (148.39 acres) in size, located west of Sideroad 10, south of Maple Avenue and north of 7th Line.
Sorbara suggests a 2.897-hectare portion of the development located in the northeast corner of the Phase 2 portion of the Subject Lands, represents an over dedication of parkland by approximately 0.5 hectares.
"The development contemplates two potential options which the
applicant is willing to explore with the Town. The options below are not mutually exclusive and include:
Option 1 – Reduce the parkland dedication with conversion of a portion of the park to additional residential lots on the east side of Tecumseth Street South, north of Hoover Trail
Option 2 – Offset parkland over-dedication with Town transfer of Town-owned lands situated on the north side of Sheddon Boulevard, east of Street A to developer for residential uses."
The proposal is not without its opponents in Beeton. Elyned and Sterling Ivany in an email to the planning department, express concern about continued flooding onto their adjacent property by an overwhelmed storm ditch system.
"The ditch is currently eroding and we are concerned about the integrity of our fence, especially after the town hired a company last year to take down the trees in the ditch behind our home (the tree roots had been helping to stabilize the bank of the ditch but now the ditch's banks have been compromised due to the felling of the trees at the request of the town of New Tecumseth)," according to the email.
"After the 40 initial homes were built by Sorbara near the 10th line, flooding occurred that washed out the intersection of Main Street and Patterson Street. I can only imagine how bad the flooding could be with 875 home additional homes. Our fence, backyard and home could potentially be severely damaged or destroyed due to the flooding that will occur with the addition of 875 units.
