The zoning the developer is asking for is consistent with the zoning in effect for the property to the north (known as the Dunpar development).

Even so, area residents were not happy with the proposal.

One Lillykin Street resident voiced concerns about the increased traffic the development would bring and about her two-storey property being shaded by the four-storey townhouses.

Noise and pollution were other issues she raised.

“We are in the process of adopting and chose Oakville because we thought it would be a nice quiet town in which to raise children,” she said.

“We moved from Toronto specifically to Oakville to raise our family … I thought the goal was to make Oakville livable. I believe we are failing miserably.”

Tricia Collingwood of the town’s planning services department said a transportation impact study concludes traffic from the development can be accommodated on the existing road network.

She also said the zoning for four-storey structures is in place at the property.

Collingwood pointed out that if this development proposal was rejected there was nothing to stop the developer from coming back with a proposal for even more units, provided they stayed within the height permissions.

Other area residents said that when they bought their homes they were promised there would not be significant development.

Ward 5 Coun. Jeff Knoll said there is an ongoing issue with developers, especially in north Oakville, telling perspective property buyers what they want to hear with regard to what is planned for the surrounding community, instead of what is really happening.