When the planning department drafted up the HGO zone, they appear to have aptly named it. As the housing go zone, some areas are getting a massive influx of builder interest, and now the applications are coming in (which will pass quickly). Clear location criteria helps, and removes a lot of risky uncertainty regarding undue consultation delays, appeals, and chance of getting stuck with un-developable land. Even the BC government is on board with this approach, apparently ramming new top down legislation into its laggard municipalities, the ones that have repeatedly shown they are incapable of any delivering any results. The Calgary method is better, as it is more targeted and incremental, but clearly effective. We have three HGO re-designation application in a tiny area of Killarney. This is directly linked to the passage of the Westbrook Local Area Plan some months ago. The speed of industry here to capitalize on this major new opportunity is quite impressive. These rules are 20 years too late, I think this is due to the nature of our society. We live in an era where the government acts very heavy handed in a way to stifle innovation and business development, with no regard to the major cost and lack of benefit of its rules. Cutting rules seems extremely difficult. Better to add rules to enable what you want, than cut the rules that prevent it. What happens is the rule book becomes incredibly long and complex, itself a handicap on investment, but at least some momentum is evident. This is a generational shift from the dinosaurs on council that fought for a decade over allowing basement suites. These same areas now you can build courtyard style mid block row housing where formerly a site specific DC zone prevented any legal suiting of any house.