Owners of a Cowichan Lake waterfront lot say they will try again for permission to build on their half-acre site, despite a B.C. Court of Appeal ruling.The B.C. Court of Appeal recently backed the Cowichan Valley Regional District’s decision to refuse a development permit for a new single-family house at 10119 South Shore Rd. on Honeymoon Bay on the southeast side of the lake.
The new house would have replaced the single-storey, 801-square-foot house built in 1901 that now stands on the panhandle lot, according to B.C. Assessment records. She also said the regional district was unreasonable when denying the development permit and ordered it to issue the permit. The justices decided the Supreme Court order requiring that the permit be issued should be set aside.A report from an environmental professional said that most of the proposed project would be inside the streamside protection area, the Appeal Court said. The professional’s opinion was that the development would not lead to alteration or damage to riparian fish habitat.
The Wilsons’ application was at all times respectful and protective of the riparian areas at issue, the statement said.