THE QUEST NOT APPROVED BY COUNCIL IN 2014

Let us remember why ...

“It is a planning comment that the density and architecture character of this project is quite massive and may be considered somewhat overbearing in terms of relation to adjoining properties and the Oak Bay Avenue street frontage.”

January 2014 report from the Planning Department

“I don’t feel this is necessarily the right proposal here, even if it’s deferred,” Copley said. “For me, how does the community benefit from this?”

Coun. Cairine Green also wanted to completely decline consideration of the proposal ... “It’s the right building on the wrong lot,” Green said, explaining she would rather see a low-density project on the property such as a duplex. “I’ve spent time on that lot … It would be shoehorning a giant building on a tiny lot.”

from Oak Bay News, Mon Feb 24th, 2014

Common sense dictated that the Quest was just too big for the lot. In 2014 Council did not approve the development and set it aside until the new Official Community Plan (OCP) was completed.

The current version of the development has one less unit but is essentially the same structure as Quest 1 which made its debut in 2014.