Three community groups are calling on the City of Ottawa to explore acquiring the Kanata Golf and Country Club and turn it into an urban park to prevent the development of 1,500 new homes on the land.

ClubLink, the owner of the Kanata Lakes golf course, and developers Minto Group and Richcraft Homes plan to build approximately 1,500 homes on the course.

The Supreme Court of Canada cleared the path for development after dismissing the City of Ottawa’s appeal of an Ontario Court of Appeal ruling that called the 1981 agreement to keep 40 per cent of the property as greenspace “inoperative.” The Ontario Land Tribunal has approved the development, which is subject to 192 conditions from the city.