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WOODSTOCK (Bureau) —
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ons of planners, Owed ord Cothe catiointy n of
W day apppe9hut `plant from Tillsonburg to High
way 19, north of Ostrander.
Peter Atcheson
Both county planner
and council's planning committee eom-
mended against the move,saying
it
would encourage strip development on
Highway 19 and noting the 7.2-acre prop-
erty is zoned for agriculture.
A bylaw to change official plan desig-
nation
l
to be prepared for counciltsMay u24rmeet-
ing.
Jay Coyle, owner of Coyle Products
Ltd., said he would employ 20 to 50 per
sons at the new 18,0o0-square-foot, $300,-
000 peanut plant and sales outlet. His pre-
sent 10,000-square-foot plant in Tillson-
burg is overcrowded, he said, but there
are no suitable relocation sites in the
town. goods and
Besides selling specialty and pack -
farm products and processing
aging imported peanuts, the plant would
be a tourist attraction offering tours his and
souvenirs, he said. lie predicted
• M- =I; M,=
million a year business would soon grow
to $15 million, and "$15 million is a lot of
money to bounce around the country."
Coun. Wendy Calder of W la n ng commit
member of the county p a it
tee, said our polip0auare cti4n�it's keep
a hard
cultural land for p
fact, but someone has to make ural or
our
minds whether
sPsl in rural arwant eas."
Township 0KS_
peanut plan�t
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DEREHAM CENTRE (Bureau) — Re,
location of a Tillsonburg wholesale an$
retail peanut outlet and packaging fac)
tory on Highway 19, a mile north of Os-)
trander, has been approved by South;l
West Oxford Township council, clerk Het
en Prouse said Wednesda
Relocation of the pl n , owny Jay
-'oyle of Tillsonburg, requires an official
)Ian amendment re -designating the se -
,en -acre site special industrial from ag-
icultural. Township council's comments
rill be sent to county planning commit-
tee which will make a recommendation
to Oxford County council.
Mrs. Prouse said councillors favored
the location in South-West Oxford be-
cause the plant will likely use area farm
produce and because they didn't want it
to move outside Oxford County
The plant is now on Tillson Avenue in
Tillsonburg, but president Jay Coyle says
it is overcrowded.
The proposed plant will cover 18,000
square feet at a cost of $300,000, Coyle
said. It will sell various speciaiiy goods
and farm products and process and pack-
age peanuts.
He said the rural location was selected
because no suitable seven -acre lots were
available in Tillsonburg. Construction
will start when all approvals are granted
with completion set for spring of 1979.
In other business, council gave permis-
sion to the fledgling Dereham District
Lions Club to use the former township of
Dereham crest for its emblem. The Mt.
Elgin based club will be South-West Ox-
ford Township's first Lions club. It will
get its charter in June.
But est
Coun. Louis Barret
e the plant will be
Oxford Township,
located, wondered how the county could
reject redesignating seven acres of
edor
farmland when itrecently
ntl acres aporovf prime
garbage dump
on farmland near Salford. council has
Barrett, whose township
endorsed the move, said it would
b a
"tremendous drawing card"
county Rejecting it would only set up a
tourist attraction elsewhere, he said.
Conn. Perry Sibbick of o It d they Blen -
heim Township also supp
lion, saying it was a case of a local busi-
nessman "wanting to expand and stay in
the area." /
Tillsonburg rep
lawyer Ian Linton, re
senting Cale, told council the poor land
at the site means no agricultural
loss
and
1 and
argued the surrounding good
would isolate it against future strip de-
velopment.
h mayor of Ingersoll,
Coun. Doug Harris,
criticized council members for being
swayed by developers.
Despite objections, _council voted 12 5
in favor of the relocation.