Windsor Area Structure Plan
An Area Structure Plan (ASP) is under development for the southwest part of the Hamlet of Clairmont. The Windsor ASP (formerly known as the Southwest Clairmont ASP) covers the area between Range Road 62 and 63, and south of Highway 43 to the City of Grande Prairie boundary. The plan will guide the future development of the approximately 388 hectares, outlining future land use and development plans including parks, roads, water, sewer, storm water and other infrastructure.
The Area Structure Plan was originally known in its draft form as the Southwest Clairmont ASP and has been renamed the Windsor Area Structure Plan
in honour of Her Late Majesty The Queen's Platinum Jubilee which marked her 70 years of service in 2022.
The Plan envisions a framework to develop a variety of attractive housing product, neighborhood and gateway commercial uses, services, and amenities like interconnected trails and park space with a central storm water management and recreational feature.
Share your comments on the proposed Area Structure Plan
I wish to express my concerns regarding the Windsor Area Structure Plan in its current form. Several elements of the proposal present significant challenges to the character, safety, and long‑term wellbeing of our community.
The plan’s abrupt density transitions immediately adjacent to established low‑density neighbourhoods would undermine the privacy, stability, and overall character that current residents have relied upon when choosing to live here. Thoughtful, gradual transitions are essential to maintaining compatibility between new and existing development.
The proposed conversion of Range Road 62 into a regional commuter corridor through the Highway 43 flyover is particularly troubling. This change would introduce permanent increases in traffic volumes, noise, and safety risks. Many families selected this area precisely because it is not a high‑volume pass‑through route, and the proposed reclassification conflicts with long‑standing expectations and established residential patterns.
Commercial zoning in SE‑10‑72‑6‑2 along Range Road 62 also raises serious concerns. Uses such as gas stations would expose nearby homes and schoolchildren to continuous benzene and other harmful emissions. These are not conditions any family would reasonably accept in close proximity to their home or school, and such uses are incompatible with the surrounding residential environment.
The concentration of five schools within six quarter sections will create substantial congestion, strain existing infrastructure, and limit land available for other essential community services. It will also leave other neighbourhoods underserved. Locating three schools along a corridor that is simultaneously being positioned as a commuter route is contradictory and introduces avoidable safety risks for students and families.
The plan also lacks key community amenities, including recreational facilities, health services, and senior‑oriented spaces. A health clinic, in particular, would be a valuable and much‑needed addition for both current and future residents.
Finally, it is critical that the natural treed buffer be preserved. This area provides meaningful protection from highway noise, supports environmental health, and contributes significantly to the character and livability of the community.
Growth is both expected and welcomed, but it must be managed responsibly. The Windsor Area Structure Plan requires substantial revision to ensure development proceeds in a manner that is safe, compatible, and respectful of existing neighbourhoods.
Thank you for your consideration.
Jagmohan Ankhi
A resident of Whispering Ridge
This is wild. Who's idea is this? Smaller lots, even in Whispering Ridge now. Race to the bottom losing everything that made this area good. Leave it to whomever is in charge to design something like what's happening east side of crystal lake. Tiny lots, expensive houses no one wants. Keep lots big, enough already. Keep some character.
Absolutely not. A proposal to take away our peace and quiet and our home value to develop high density housing and a highway overpass right beside us. We paid very high prices for our homes to have the exclusivity of a large lot low density, quiet neighbourhood. I oppose any development directly beside us that doesn’t match the current neighbourhood layout. Even at that, why are we developing the bush area that blocks the noise from highway 43 and 43x into anything but a walking area with paths through the trees. Are you not getting enough tax dollars from this neighbourhood already?
I am a resident of Westlake Village, living directly across Range Road 62 (108 Street) from the proposed Windsor Area Structure Plan lands. I am strongly opposed to this plan proceeding in its current form.
Westlake Village was intentionally developed as a low-density, single-family neighbourhood with larger lots, limited traffic, and a consistent residential character. The Windsor Area Structure Plan proposes land uses immediately adjacent to this community that are incompatible with those established design principles.
1. Opposition to Medium-Density Housing Adjacent to Westlake Village
I strongly oppose the inclusion of medium-density residential development (townhomes, duplexes, multi-unit housing) directly across from Westlake Village. Introducing higher-density housing beside an established low-density neighbourhood undermines the character, privacy, and long-term value of existing homes.
Medium-density housing brings higher population concentration, increased traffic, parking spillover, noise, and a fundamentally different built form. This is not a compatible transition and contradicts the expectations under which Westlake Village residents purchased their homes.
2. Loss of Neighbourhood Compatibility and Character
The ASP fails to provide a meaningful transition between existing large-lot single-family homes and the proposed higher-intensity development. Roads alone are not adequate buffers. Once approved, this incompatibility is permanent and irreversible.
3. Strong Opposition to the Highway 43 Flyover / Overpass
A key reason I chose to live in this area was the current function of Range Road 62, which does not allow continuous north–south pass-through traffic due to the Highway 43 closure. This naturally limits congestion, speeds, and regional shortcut traffic.
The proposed flyover would convert Range Road 62 into a regional commuter corridor, inviting induced pass-through traffic that has no destination in our community. This would permanently increase noise, traffic volumes, and safety risks directly adjacent to existing homes. I strongly oppose this outcome.
4. Traffic, Safety, and School Impacts
The combined effects of higher-density housing, multiple schools, road widening, and a future overpass will significantly increase congestion and safety risks. The plan relies on future studies and potential mitigation rather than enforceable protections for existing residents.
5. Disproportionate Impact on Current Residents
The benefits of this plan primarily serve future development and regional traffic needs, while the negative impacts are borne almost entirely by existing homeowners. This is not equitable or responsible planning.
For these reasons, I request that the County not approve the Windsor Area Structure Plan in its current form. At a minimum, the plan must be revised to:
Eliminate medium-density residential development adjacent to Westlake Village
Preserve exclusively low-density, single-family housing as the transition use
Remove or fundamentally reconsider the Highway 43 flyover on Range Road 62
Protect the road’s non–pass-through function
Provide enforceable buffers, setbacks, and traffic protections for existing neighbourhoods
Growth should not come at the expense of established communities that were built with clear and reasonable expectations. I respectfully ask Council to reject this plan as proposed and require substantial revisions.
Sincerely,
Westlake Village Resident
I don't like it.
