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Cochrane planning board to hear consent-to-sever applications for 51 Highway 11 South on Nov. 12

Justin Barber

Oct 31, 2026 — 1 min read

The Cochrane and Suburban Planning Board will hold a public hearing at 7 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 12, 2026, at Cochrane Town Hall, 171 Fourth Ave., to consider two consent-to-sever applications for the property at 51 Highway 11 South.

The applications, if approved, would split the property into two new lots for future development while leaving a third, retained parcel. The hearing is intended to gather public input before the planning board makes decisions on the requests.

The applications are listed as B04-2026 and B05-2026, and the owner is MK Cochrane Investments Inc.

Under application B04-2026, the first new lot (Lot 1) is proposed to have about 53.25 metres of frontage, a depth of 125.27 metres and an area of about 6,670 square metres.

Under application B05-2026, the second new lot (Lot 2) is proposed to have about 8 metres of frontage, a depth of 112.73 metres and an area of about 7,901.23 square metres.

The retained parcel is proposed to have about 114.86 metres of frontage, a depth of 283 metres and an area of about 27,350 square metres. The notice describing the applications lists the retained lands as intended to contain a gas bar, along with a mix of restaurant, retail and convenience store uses.

The property is within Cochrane’s urban settlement area.

Residents can also participate in the public hearing electronically, according to the public notice.

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