Last week, Langley Township council approved the heritage alteration permit that would allow the township to move Haldi House from its current location and reposition it on the property.

The changes were first put forward last April, when council approved a $4 million project to move and renovate the heritage house. The project would see the house positioned closer to the road, and rotated 45 degrees to be closer to the railway.

Details presented in the heritage alteration permit approved on Monday, May 12 show that the house would be set on top of a new foundation which would eventually become underground parking. (The plan is to use it for storage while the rest of the Fort Langley waterfront is changed.)

The interior of Haldi House will have two single-occupant bathrooms and a large meeting space on the first floor, two smaller meeting rooms on the second floor, and another single-occupant bathroom and two meeting rooms on the third floor.

In order to move Haldi House, additions that were made while the building was a restaurant will be demolished.

Although the heritage alteration permit was approved by council—with Coun. Kim Richter opposed and Mayor Eric Woodward absent because he had a financial stake in the property—construction won’t begin right away. It is possible work could begin this summer, but staff said it could still take several months for the rest of the needed permits to move their way through the system.

As Langley Township is the applicant for the construction project, it will be paying development cost charges, application fees, and building permit administration fees to itself. The entire Haldi House project is expected to cost between $3 million and $4 million.

For more details on Fort Langley’s planned waterfront redevelopment, you can read our story here.