{"id":715363,"date":"2026-06-04T21:52:09","date_gmt":"2026-06-04T21:52:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/715363\/"},"modified":"2026-06-04T21:52:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-04T21:52:09","slug":"surrey-council-to-vote-on-tower-mosque-for-whalley","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/715363\/","title":{"rendered":"Surrey council to vote on tower, mosque for Whalley"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>              Surrey council to vote on tower, mosque for Whalley<\/p>\n<p class=\"pubStamp\">Published 1:30 pm Thursday, June 4, 2026<\/p>\n<p>Surrey council will vote on a proposal to build a 38-storey residential tower containing 373 dwellings and a 2,029 square metre mosque in Whalley.<\/p>\n<p>Prior to that, a public hearing is set for 7 p.m. Monday, June 15.<\/p>\n<p>The subject site is 13508-13546 98A Avenue.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cStaff support the proposed development as it generally consistent with applicable planning policies and contributes to housing supply and places of worship,\u201d a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.surrey.ca\/sites\/default\/files\/planning-reports\/PLR_7925-0039-00.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">planning report<\/a> indicates. The applicant\u2019s name is not mentioned in the report.<\/p>\n<p>On site now is a single-family residence being used as a mosque. The project requires 151 parking stalls for the mosque and 332 for the residential part.<\/p>\n<p>The Surrey School District expects 31 school-age children will live there with 19 attending AHP Matthew Elementary, seven attending Queen Elizabeth Secondary and the remaining being home-schooled, attending private school or enrolling in another school district. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Surrey council to vote on tower, mosque for Whalley Published 1:30 pm Thursday, June 4, 2026 Surrey council&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":715364,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194299],"tags":[49,48,163792,87674],"class_list":["post-715363","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-surrey","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-lower-mainland","tag-surrey"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/715363","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=715363"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/715363\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/715364"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=715363"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=715363"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=715363"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}