ClubLink Property [13] Mr. Simpson testified that ClubLink owns approximately 830 hectares of land on the north side of Highway 60, to the east of Muskoka Road No. 3 (old Hwy 11). Included are the lands legally described as Part Lots 26 and 27, Concession 1 and Lots 25 and 26, Concession 2, Chaffey. About 30% of the property is situated in the “Hidden Valley Recreational Resort and Lifestyle Area” (“Hidden Valley”) in the Huntsville Official Plan (“HOP”), while the balance of the property lies between Hidden Valley and the “Huntsville Urban Settlement Area”. The ClubLink property in Hidden Valley is locally referred to as the “Grandview Golf Club” or the “Mark O’Meara Golf Course”.
[14] The ClubLink lands within Hidden Valley are principally designated in the HOP as “Open Space”, while certain parts of the property (identified as not being required for the golf course operations) are designated as “Recreational Resort Residential” on Schedule B-2 to the HOP.
[15] Section 5.4 of the HOP applies to Recreational Resort Residential uses. The permitted uses are noted in Part C Section 5.4.1 as “limited to low and medium density residential and short-term rental accommodation uses”. The “Lot Requirements and Density” provisions are set out in the subsequent subsections of the HOP, including a “minimum lot size of 700 m
2 and minimum lot frontage of 20 metres” and a gross density for medium density residential development ranging from 20 units to 40 units per gross hectare.