Workshop #2 Heritage: Whitevale Road Corridor - City of Pickering

Seaton Neighbourhood Planning Review | 

Workshop #2 Heritage: 

Whitevale Road Corridor 

May 4, 2010 

Prepared for: City of Pickering 

Prepared by: Bray Heritage, 

Sorensen Gravely Lowes Planning Associates Inc. & 

The Planning Partnership

Seaton Neighbourhood Planning Study 

•Purpose of Study: 

To incorporate policies into the City of Pickering Official Plan 

to guide planning for Seaton 

To create Neighbourhood Plans for each Neighbourhood in 

Seaton 

•The Neighbourhood Plans are to conform with the 

Central Pickering Development Plan (CPDP) 

Goals, Objectives and Policies 

Seaton Neighbourhood Planning Review | Workshop #2 Heritage Planning [May 4, 2010]

Central Pickering Development Plan (CPDP) 


CPDP – 8 Goals 

• Natural Heritage 

• Protection, maintenance and enhancement of features and functions 

• To be integrated into the community 

• Cultural Heritage 

• Integration of heritage resources into community fabric 

• Agriculture 

• Preserving the Duffins Rouge Agricultural Preserve 

• Social, Institutional, Open Space / Recreational Facilities 

• Providing appropriate distribution of facilities to serve residents 

• Network of facilities to be connected by trails and roads 


CPDP – 8 Goals 

• Transportation and Transit 

• Providing choice in transportation mode 

• Community designed to support transit 

• Servicing 

• Efficient use of infrastructure and minimizing life cycle costs 

• Employment 

• Sufficient high-quality employment lands (1 job per 2 residents) 

• Housing and Mixed Use 

• Provision of a range of housing types and densities to accommodate an 

eventual population of up to 70,000 people 


Our Team 

• Planning Consultants 

• SGL – Sorensen Gravely Lowes Planning Associates 

• Cultural Heritage Planning 

• Bray Heritage 

• Sustainability and Urban Design 

• The Planning Partnership 


CPDP – Neighbourhood Plan Heritage Policies 

• Recognize the importance of cultural heritage features in the 

development of Neighbourhood Plans by: 

• Creating a development pattern that reflects the historic grid, where possible 

• Protecting and maintaining cultural heritage landscape elements – tree lines, rolling 

topography, where feasible 

• Integration of significant cultural heritage views into the design of the new 

community 

• Integrating individual heritage buildings or related features where appropriate 



• Ensure that Neighbourhood Plans adjacent to Whitevale Hamlet: 

• Demonstrate appropriate transitional design with the hamlet’s existing character 

• Use of social, institutional, open space, recreational and renewable energy systems 

as a buffer 

• Protect built heritage features and structures 



• Preparation of Neighbourhood Plans along Whitevale Road 

Corridor shall: 

• Integrate new development in a manner compatible with the cultural heritage 

resources 

• Determine appropriate road cross-section that is compatible with the character of 

the corridor 

• Consider measures to conserve the heritage attributes, context and character of the 

corridor 


Heritage Component 


Whitevale Road Corridor 

• The current HCD Plan 

• The potential extension of the HCD boundary 

BRAY Heritage

Corridor Built Heritage Resources 

615 Whitevale Road 


3250 Sideline 28 700 Whitevale Road

Corridor Built Heritage Resources (2) 



3185 Sideline 26




1050 Whitevale Road, north of Whitevale Road 1050 Whitevale Road, south of Whitevale Road





1390 Whitevale Road







3285 Sideline 20 

East of Brock Road, Southside 


Corridor Cultural Landscapes 


Corridor Cultural Landscapes (2) 

Perimeter trees on former school property 

1125 Whitevale Road farmstead (plantings and 

outbuildings), looking south-west 

Roadscape looking east from Sideline 26

Corridor Cultural Landscapes (3) 

Roadscape looking west from Sideline 20 

1450 Whitevale Road farmstead (plantings and 

outbuildings), looking north-west from Whitevale Rd. 

1050 Whitevale 

Road farmstead 

(plantings and 

outbuildings), 

looking southeast 

from 

Whitevale Rd.

Corridor Viewsheds 

Toronto skyline, looking south-west from Sideline 26 

Lake Ontario, looking south on Sideline 26

Corridor Archaeological Resources 

Cemetery at south-west corner of Whitevale Road 

and Sideline 16, looking south-east 

Whitevale Cemetery

Corridor Archaeological Resources (2) 

Lamoreaux Cemetery 

Hastings Cemetery

Summary of Corridor Cultural Heritage Resources 

Compiled CPDP Neighbourhoods Plan With Whitevale Road Corridor Cultural Resources (Modified) 


Integration Options 

• Planning policy and zoning tools 

– Special policy areas, character roads 

• Urban design guidelines 

– Setbacks, massing, view corridors 

• Ontario Heritage Act tools 

– Designation of heritage properties 

3285 Sideline 20 barn behind house, 

looking north-east

Examples 

• Heritage housing integrated within neighbourhoods 

Montgomery Tavern, Etobicoke 


Examples 


Heritage House, Cornell Markham 


Examples 


City of Brantford, Ontario 


Examples 


City of Brantford, Ontario 


Examples 

• Heritage roadscapes integrated within new plans of 

subdivision 

The Kingsway, Etobicoke 

Kleinburg, Vaughan 


Examples 

• Heritage roadscapes integrated within new plans of 

subdivision 

Kleinburg, Vaughan 


Small Group Discussion: Question # 1 

• What are the best ways to integrate the heritage 

resources along Whitevale Road into the new 

neighbourhoods? 



• What are the key characteristics of Whitevale Road 

that should be maintained? 



• How can we design the new neighbourhoods along 

Whitevale Road to maintain its character?

Workshop #2 Heritage: Whitevale Road Corridor - City of Pickering

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