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City council’s planning committee on Tuesday accepted a controversial new deal Ottawa bureaucrats have struck with the National Capital Commission over future development in Rochester Field.

Several residents who live near the Westboro greenspace told the committee that the city shouldn’t allow development along the edge of Richmond Road, blocking the view across the field. They called for more consultation.

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Gary Luddington, the chair of the Westboro Community Association, said there was little discussion about on the latest layout, which places future six-storey development on the south end of the field. He raised fears of even taller buildings receiving approvals when the NCC is ready to develop the parcels.

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“What I want is democratic process,” said Dan O’Hagan of the McKeller Park Community Association.

Jane Pandeya, who lives about a block away from Rochester Field, which is between Richmond Road and the Sir John A. Macdonald Parkway near Fraser Avenue, said sightlines from the neighbouring community would be “severely impacted” by a new building on the southwest corner of the property.