It looks like Vantreight Farm’s pro­posal to develop a piece of their land has been shot down:

Council rejects Vantreight pro­posal — Times Colonist

The pro­posal for about 250 homes on a 13-​​hectare chunk of land that Vantreight said is rocky and unfarmable has caused much divi­sion in the largely rural com­mu­nity. Although the majority of people who spoke at a packed public meeting Monday were in favour, munic­ipal staff rec­om­mended against it.
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Vantreight pro­posed a “green devel­op­ment” on the prop­erty at 8410 Wallace Dr., using a system that recovers organic waste, water and heat from the res­i­den­tial devel­op­ment to pro­vide energy and organic fer­til­izer for the farm.

But the pro­posal is con­trary to the Official Community Plan, the doc­u­ment that out­lines the long-​​term vision and goals for the munic­i­pality. It would also require changes to a regional plan on where growth is to happen, and isn’t on munic­ipal sewer or water system, munic­ipal staff said in a report to council. The site also has Garry oaks and wood­land, none of which appeared to be saved with Vantreight’s plan.

Staff said a smaller devel­op­ment might be appro­priate, and some coun­cil­lors sug­gested Vantreight come back with that, rather than a pro­posal so clearly beyond what the com­mu­nity plan calls for.

Nuff respek to the Central Saanich council for sticking by their com­mu­nity plan I sup­pose, those things are often the last line of defense against heavy devel­op­ment, but I have to admit, I’m awfully torn on this one. Somebody com­mented in my very first daf­fodil post asking how to get work at the farm. I’d hate to think it’s not going to be an option in a year or two. And were they really going to recycle their own waste? Damn, that’s really far out on the edge of green-​​ness. If they could be held to that, they’d be set­ting a prece­dent for other developers.

“This pro­posal, what­ever you may think of it, is about saving one of the last farms of this size in Central Saanich,” Warner said. “This is our one last chance for one farm of this size.”

Farmland on the Saanich Peninsula is so expen­sive that farmers can’t make a living off growing crops alone. “Not any legal crop we’re allowed to grow, anyway,” Warner said.

“This is land that could well be of use to us 100 years from now. It has the ability to pro­duce food for this region that we may not get again. Think about that.”