Live · Development pipeline · Wellington · 44.893°N 63.623°W
Wellington
26 units tracked across 3 developments — 0 already under construction, against 549 existing dwellings.
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The pipeline
Of 26 tracked units, 0 are under construction — 0% of everything tracked here.
Helio analysis · cited · as of Oct 12, 2026
Wellington has the fewest tracked units in its nearby set: 26 across 3 projects, against 49 to 1,193 units for its five nearby comparables. Those 26 units equal 4.7% of its 549 existing dwellings, a smaller share than every comparable except Fall River, and almost all are still approvals or filings: 17 approved, 8 proposed, none under construction and one recently completed.
Against its peers. Largest to smallest by tracked units, the six areas are:
- Lower Sackville: 1,193 units on 6,916 existing dwellings, 25 projects
- Beaver Bank: 506 units on 1,993 dwellings, 20 projects
- Middle Sackville: 491 units on 3,790 dwellings, 14 projects
- Enfield: 55 units on 253 dwellings, 4 projects
- Fall River: 49 units on 1,989 dwellings, 10 projects
- Wellington: 26 units on 549 dwellings, 3 projects
Wellington is lowest on units and on projects, but its share turns on the base. Its closer peers are Fall River and Enfield, which share Trunk 2 with it [2] and are listed with it in HRM's Shubenacadie Lakes plan area, a list that omits Beaver Bank and the Sackvilles [4]. Against them it is smaller on volume and sits between them on base size: Fall River's 49 units sit on a base more than three times Wellington's, so its share is lower, while Enfield's 55 units, more than twice Wellington's volume, sit on less than half Wellington's base, so its share is far higher.
Tracked units against the existing base. At 4.7% the tracked units are a small fraction of what already stands, and the mix is entitlements and filings, not construction: 17 units are approved (cleared planning, not started), 8 are proposed (filed, not yet approved), none is under construction, and one is completed. The record also carries $4,091,700 CAD of declared building-permit value beside a PVSC assessed value of $421,974,300 CAD; the record ties the declared figure to no project and, with nothing under construction, it cannot be read as construction started.
What's leading. Kelly Rd is the largest record: approved, 17 units, last updated 2025-07-31. A proposed subdivision at PID 41190844 follows with 8 units, last updated 2024-04-22, and 375 Abilene Ave is the completed one-unit record, updated 2026-07-16. With no approval, permit or ground-breaking counted in 52 weeks, Kelly Rd's approval appears to predate that window and its units do not appear to have reached a recorded permit; the record does not say whether the 17 and 8 units are dwellings or lots.
The character. Wellington is a suburban community on Fletchers Lake on Trunk 2, about 23 km from Halifax, once called Fletcher's Bridge; many residents commute to Bedford, Dartmouth, Halifax or the airport [1], and on the ground the one unit completed in the tracked window is a one-storey build at 375 Abilene Ave. The Aerotech Connector, a five-kilometre road from Trunk 2 to Exit 5A of Highway 102, was announced on 2025-08-21 with traffic due in early September 2025, to improve access from Wellington to the Aerotech Industrial Park and the airport [3]; the 52-week count records no filing or approval, so the road does not yet appear in this record as new applications.
What HRM has left open. HRM has placed the question of growth in the Wellington area in its Phase 5 study, outside any tracked project [5][6]. A Regional Council motion of 2022-09-13 asked staff to consider development on Canal Cays, Wellington; staff replied that future development potential in the Wellington area will be studied in Phase 5 [5]. That phase awaits a work plan: the 2014 Regional Plan remains in effect after the Minister of Municipal Affairs refused approval of the 2025 plan on 2025-08-08, and staff intend to bring a Phase 5 work plan to Council in 2026 [6]. A second request, from Clayton Developments on behalf of Aerotech Developments GP and two other owners, covers lands at the connector's Highway 102 end that HRM lists under Fletchers Lake and seeks an Urban Service Area extension; staff do not recommend plan changes before further study [7]. A stadium and housing district of a scale far beyond any tracked project was reported on 2026-05-22 for Aerotech Developments' land at the connector, with no formal proposal before regional council [8]; on 2026-05-27 Clayton's president said it lacked a business plan and that Clayton had decided to sell the land to other qualified bidders [9]. Zoning questions for any parcel here belong to HRM's ExploreHRM tool, not to this read.
The read. Wellington is the smallest of its six-area set on tracked units and on projects and second-smallest on tracked units as a share of existing dwellings, and none of its tracked units is under construction. The larger question about the area sits outside this record, in HRM's Phase 5 study [5][6]. What the record cannot answer is whether Kelly Rd's 17 approved units reach a building permit before that study reports: a building-permit or broke-ground record at Kelly Rd would show it (the 52-week count shows neither), and the Phase 5 work plan staff intend to bring to Council in 2026 would show when the study is scheduled [6].
Sources
Not yet known
- The record does not say whether the 17 units at Kelly Rd and the 8 at PID 41190844 are dwellings or lots, who the applicants are, or what housing form is proposed.
- What the area's latest tracked activity date, 2026-08-21, marks is not in the record; it matches none of the three roster update dates.
- The $4,091,700 CAD declared building-permit value is not tied to any project in the record, so the base is read in dwellings, not dollars.
- Whether municipal water, wastewater or transit service reaches the three tracked sites is not in the record, and no current transit source for Wellington was found.
- HRM's entries for Canal Cays, Wellington and the connector lands give no unit count or site plan, so nothing from them enters the 26 tracked units [5][7].
- The Shubenacadie Lakes plan-area list is taken from HRM's published summary and was not checked against the by-law text itself [4].
- Zoning capacity, rents and any per-dwelling figures are out of scope by design and are not asserted.
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 14 & 17 plan area.
Read the Planning Districts 14 & 17 plan (HRM)Fig. 02
The largest developments
The biggest by unit count. Every tracked project is on the live map.
All 3 developments on the live map — open, no account
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Common questions
What people ask about building in Wellington — answered from the live record.
How many units are under construction in Wellington?
0 units across 0 developments are under construction — about 0% of the area's 26 tracked units.
How many developments are tracked in Wellington?
3 developments tracked, totalling 26 units from proposal through completion, against 549 existing dwellings.
What is the largest development in Wellington?
Kelly Rd, a 17-unit approved development, followed by Subdivision — Wellington (8 units) and 375 Abilene Ave (1 units).
Where is development concentrated in Wellington?
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 Wellington?
Zoning in Wellington 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 Wellington development data?
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