Live · Development pipeline · Upper Tantallon · 44.703°N 63.873°W
Upper Tantallon
123 units tracked across 9 developments — 8 already under construction, against 1,017 existing dwellings.
© Mapbox · © OpenStreetMap · 9 tracked developments · open any in the live map
Fig. 01
The pipeline
Of 123 tracked units, 8 are under construction — 7% of everything tracked here.
Helio analysis · cited · as of Oct 12, 2026
Upper Tantallon has 123 units tracked against 1,017 existing dwellings, a ratio of 12.1% that is the smallest in this comparison; only Lucasville has fewer units in total. Most of the 123 is approval, not building: 107 units are approved, 96 of them at 277 Westwood Blvd.
Against its peers Ordered by units against existing dwellings, highest first, each with its own figures:
- Upper Hammonds Plains: 966 units, 246 existing dwellings, 16 projects
- Hammonds Plains: 965 units, 2,902 existing dwellings, 22 projects
- West Bedford: 2,472 units, 8,634 existing dwellings, 51 projects
- Timberlea: 542 units, 2,454 existing dwellings, 15 projects
- Lucasville: 69 units, 402 existing dwellings, 5 projects
- Upper Tantallon: 123 units tracked, 1,017 existing dwellings, 9 projects
Its base is mid-sized in this set, larger than Lucasville's and Upper Hammonds Plains' and smaller than the other three, so its last place reflects a small total on a mid-sized base. The neighbours' figures carry no stage split, so their shares may rest on proposals where Upper Tantallon's rests on approvals.
Against its own base The 12.1% is mostly approved potential, not built stock: none of the 123 units are proposed, 107 are approved, 8 are under construction and 8 are recently completed. The zero for proposed counts units on file, not filings, since Westwood Blvd and 53 French Village Station Rd are proposed with no unit count. The trailing 13 and 52 weeks each record one filing and no approvals, permits, ground-breakings or completions, and the latest tracked activity is dated 2026-10-05, so the 107 approved units appear to be a stock of older entitlements. The declared building-permit value is $63,887,270 CAD; it is a declared figure, not struck construction, and the record does not itemise it.
What's leading Two approvals hold most of the tracked units: 277 Westwood Blvd with 96 (last updated 2024-04-17) and 25 French Village Station Rd with 11 (2025-02-20). The building work is 4-unit, one-storey projects, with 71 and 85 Chevy Way under construction and 5 and 8 Leapfrog Lane completed. On the ground, everything recorded as built or being built is on Chevy Way and Leapfrog Lane, while the largest entry is an approval on Westwood Blvd that is not under construction. Other entries add no units because none is on file: 445 Winslow Dr, approved, and Westwood Blvd and 53 French Village Station Rd, both proposed. HRM's planning file for 445 Winslow Dr shows North West Community Council approving a development agreement on 2025-05-12 for a senior citizen housing development of 35 units, which are not among the 107 approved units counted here [5].
The character Upper Tantallon is a suburban community about 28.5 km west of downtown Halifax, running from Hammonds Plains Road to the crossroads of Trunk 3 and Route 333; Halifax Transit lists a free park and ride at Hubley Centre in Tantallon, at Exit 5 from Highway 103, with 185 spaces and routes 330 and 433 [1][6].
The largest approval is on Westwood Blvd, which appears to be the main street of the Westwood Hills subdivision, where the May 2023 wildfire began [2][3][4]. HRM council voted unanimously in March 2025 to build an emergency-only road from the subdivision to Highway 103, about 500 metres away; in October 2026 HRM said work on the gated link would start that month, and opened public input on roads from Westwood Hills to Upper Hammonds Plains and Highland Park North, for access and egress in an emergency [2][3]. Upper Hammonds Plains, where units outnumber existing dwellings, is the other end of those links; HRM's growth-control policy for parts of Hammonds Plains and Beaver Bank restricts residential subdivision until transportation capacity increases, and staff did not recommend changing it for a developer's request to link Westwood Boulevard and Pockwock Road and allow residential development between them, an approach Regional Council confirmed on 2023-12-12 [4].
The read Against its neighbours, Upper Tantallon appears to be a low-activity area carrying one large approval: it has the smallest ratio of units to existing dwellings in this comparison, 107 of its 123 units are approved rather than built, and the last 52 weeks recorded one filing and no approvals, permits, ground-breakings or completions. That approval, 277 Westwood Blvd (96 units, last updated 2024-04-17, not under construction), is on a street that appears to belong to the subdivision for which HRM is adding emergency road links [2][3]. The question the record cannot answer is whether a building permit stands behind it: HRM's permit record for the address would show, and would show whether any of the $63,887,270 of declared permit value belongs to it.
Sources
Not yet known
- Unit counts for Westwood Blvd and 53 French Village Station Rd (both proposed) are not on file, and 445 Winslow Dr (approved) carries none on the roster although HRM's planning file names 35 units, so the stage totals leave all three out [5].
- The record does not show which project the one filing in the trailing 52 weeks belongs to.
- The record does not state when 5 and 8 Leapfrog Lane were completed or when 71 and 85 Chevy Way broke ground; none appears as a milestone in the trailing 52 weeks.
- Which permits make up the $63,887,270 of declared building-permit value is not shown.
- No published source was found for the projects on Chevy Way and Leapfrog Lane, or for the planning file behind the 96-unit approval at 277 Westwood Blvd, so its place in the Westwood Hills subdivision is inferred from the street name.
- Where Upper Tantallon sits in HRM's 2025 Regional Plan, and whether the Hammonds Plains growth-control policy reaches the Westwood Hills subdivision, were not found.
- Zoning and what any parcel may hold are not assessed here; HRM's ExploreHRM is the reference.
This quarter
Zoning & what you can build
Zoning is set by HRM's land-use by-laws and depends on the parcel, overlays, and site conditions.
What you can build by-right in Halifax Look up zoning at HRMPlanning regime: this area falls under the Planning Districts 1 & 3 plan area.
Read the Planning Districts 1 & 3 plan (HRM)Fig. 02
The largest developments
The biggest by unit count. Every tracked project is on the live map.
All 9 developments on the live map — open, no account
Project links open the live Halifax Developments Map. It is open to everyone with no account; a free account lifts the per-visitor limit on full project dossiers. Your link lands on the exact project you clicked.
Fig. 03
Common questions
What people ask about building in Upper Tantallon — answered from the live record.
How many units are under construction in Upper Tantallon?
8 units across 2 developments are under construction — about 7% of the area's 123 tracked units.
How many developments are tracked in Upper Tantallon?
9 developments tracked, totalling 123 units from proposal through completion, against 1,017 existing dwellings.
What is the largest development in Upper Tantallon?
277 Westwood Blvd, a 96-unit approved development, followed by 25 French Village Station Rd (11 units) and 5 Leapfrog Lane (4 units).
Where is development concentrated in Upper Tantallon?
Development is tracked from HRM permits and planning applications and mapped to each parcel — open the live map to see exactly where the active projects sit.
What can you build by-right in Upper Tantallon?
Zoning in Upper Tantallon is set by HRM's land-use by-laws; what a specific parcel can support depends on its zone, overlays, and site conditions — read what you can build by-right on a Halifax lot, look up the official by-law on HRM's ExploreHRM, or we'll compute it for your lot.
Who tracks Upper Tantallon development data?
Helio Urban Development synthesizes the pipeline from HRM building and development permits, planning and subdivision applications, and PVSC assessment.
Own a parcel in Upper Tantallon?
Helio applies its technology to what a parcel can support and to the work of developing it, under a defined project mandate.
A fixed-fee feasibility study, credited toward the development fee if the project proceeds.
Nearby areas