The easiest mistake here is to confuse a new political video with a new development approval.
Mayor Marianne Meed Ward posted about Millcroft on Aug. 24. The underlying Phase 2 application is not new, and it has not been approved.
The proposal is for 138 homes across six development areas: 73 single-detached homes and 65 townhouses on remaining golf-course lands.
Why this fight has lasted so long
Millcroft was built around a golf-course community. Residents have argued for years that the open-space character was part of what made the neighbourhood what it is.
The landowner's position is different: privately owned land can be brought through the planning process for development.
That turns a normal housing question into a harder one. Burlington is not only deciding whether more homes fit. It is deciding what happens when land that functions as neighbourhood open space is privately owned and proposed for redevelopment.
What the mayor is saying
Meed Ward's Aug. 24 video argues for protecting the remaining open-space lands and presents the City's opposition to further golf-course redevelopment.
That video is useful because it shows the mayor's current position. It is not the approval record. Burlington News checked the underlying City development file separately.
What happens before anyone builds 138 homes
Planning staff still have to review the Official Plan amendment and draft plan of subdivision. The municipal process can include formal notice, staff recommendations and a council decision.
Even that may not be the final word. In Ontario, disputed planning applications can move beyond council into provincial or tribunal processes.
So the useful question right now is not “Are 138 homes being built?” It is “What does the City eventually recommend, and what happens if the landowner disagrees?”