Keycorp Developments — Past Projects
Keycorp’s own project list; supports Keycorp’s extensive Langford portfolio and its Westhills/Verity project relationships.
Source index
Receipts
Primary-source index
Council minutes, election-finance records, land titles, corporate records, archived material and other supporting documents will live here. Citations in the articles link directly to the corresponding source record.
Council recordsElection financeLand titlesCorporate recordsArchived sources
Part 1
City of Langford — 1,000 homes for Langford’s Westhills — and counting
City article confirming Westhills is a 517-acre master-planned community, remains owned by the Stewart family, and reached its 1,000th home in 2024.
City of Langford — June 19, 2017 Council Agenda Package
Includes Centre Mountain-related rezoning material identifying Seamus Brennan of Keycorp Consulting as applicant on behalf of landowners.
Starlight Investments — The District
Starlight’s property page for The District in Langford; identifies the project as a 597-suite development.
Times Colonist — Westhills a family affair
Times Colonist profile of the Westhills development and the people and companies behind it, including Jim Hartshorne/Keycorp.
Turner Lane Development — Projects
Turner Lane’s own project portfolio, supporting the Part 1 description of Les Bjola/Turner Lane projects in Langford.
Starlight Investments — Developments
Starlight’s development portfolio, supporting the reference to Starlight projects across the Capital Region.
Part 2
City of Langford — Transportation & Public Works Committee Minutes, June 14, 2016
Primary committee record for the amendment to Policy POL-0003-ENG governing Road and Storm Drainage DCC credits.
City of Langford — 2015 Annual Report
Lists Les Bjola and Mike Wignall on Transportation & Public Works and Jim Hartshorne and Rachael Sansom on the Board of Variance.
City of Langford — 2019 Annual Report
Lists Les Bjola on Transportation & Public Works and Cliff Curtis, Jim Hartshorne, Rachael Sansom and Ron Coutre (alternate) on the Board of Variance.
City of Langford — Board of Variance Bylaw No. 1413, 2015
Primary City bylaw describing the Board of Variance’s jurisdiction and procedures.
City of Langford — December 19, 2016 Council Agenda Package
Contains the December 5, 2016 Council minutes recording Les Bjola’s opposition to Dust Control Bylaw No. 1666 on behalf of the West Shore Developers Association and Council’s referral of dust-management work to the association and staff.
City of Langford adopts new Official Community Plan
City announcement confirming the 2025 OCP was the first comprehensive update since 2008.
Langford Official Community Plan Bylaw No. 2200, 2025
The adopted 2025 OCP bylaw; expressly repeals the 2008 OCP.
Langford Council meeting-minutes PDF archive
Google Drive archive containing the Langford meeting-minute PDFs used for the meeting-count and meeting-length calculations cited in Part 2. Linked as the underlying source archive; the PDFs are not reproduced or re-analyzed on this site.
Part 3
District of Sooke — Council Action List / ViewPointe resolution
Current CivicWeb record reproducing Council’s July 24, 2017 resolution to lift the ViewPointe stop-work order and allow the developer to proceed at its own peril.
District of Sooke — Land Use and Environment Committee Minutes, September 30, 2013
Archived transcript of the official District minutes. The relevant section records Lisa Parkes representing PacificGold Homes Ltd. on the Belvista/Sooke Road rezoning and Jim Hartshorne speaking for PacificGold Homes. A legacy District PDF link is also provided.
District of Sooke — 6569 Sooke Road Development Permit Amendment
Public District of Sooke development-permit amendment record for 6569 Sooke Road / Bayshore Village. This replaces the earlier login-gated CivicWeb cover-letter link.
District of Sooke — OCP Advisory Committee Minutes, November 17, 2021
Records the West Ridge Trails presentation by Ross McPhail and Gerard LeBlanc of Farrell Estates and the discussion of the 100-acre property’s proposed land-use designation.
District of Sooke — OCP Summary of Changes
District summary confirming the West Ridge Trails land-use designation was changed from Rural Residential back to Community Residential in March 2022.
Sooke Traffic Committee — Suggested Proposals, July 19, 2024
Archived excerpt from the District of Sooke September 23, 2024 Council agenda package. The Traffic Committee memo lists both Jim Hartshorne and Herb Haldane in attendance.
Farrell Estates Ltd. — Letter re West Ridge Trails and Draft OCP
Archived excerpt of Ross McPhail’s letter to the District of Sooke. Farrell asked that the Community Residential designation be retained and sought meetings with staff, Council, the OCP committee and consultants.
West Ridge Trails Development Proposal — Draft OCP consistency report
Archived excerpt of Farrell Estates’ 25-page West Ridge Trails proposal. It describes the 40-hectare site, proposed 425-unit development, and request to retain Community Residential designation.
Elections BC — Herb Haldane 2014 amended campaign disclosure
Archived transcription from the amended Elections BC disclosure supplied to this project. The significant-contributors schedule records Farrell Estates Ltd. as a corporate contributor of $250 in 2014.
Elections BC — Herb Haldane 2018 campaign disclosure
Official Elections BC disclosure. The significant-contributors form records a $500 contribution from Michael Volk on October 12, 2018.
Elections BC — Herb Haldane 2022 amended campaign disclosure
Official Elections BC amended disclosure. The prohibited-contribution form records a $500 cheque from Farrell Estates Ltd., received October 10, 2022 and returned July 7, 2023.
Elections BC — Herb Haldane 2025 campaign disclosure
Official Elections BC disclosure. The contributions schedule lists Stew Young at $500 and Mike Wignall at $500 among Haldane’s 2025 contributors.