A developer is bringing plans for a new neighbourhood back to Kamloops city council after it was denied earlier this year.

The Kenna Village neighbourhood, mixing industrial and residential areas together, is proposed to cover 36 hectares just west of the Kamloops Regional Correctional Centre.

A divided council denied the developer’s rezoning application earlier this year, and it’s now returning with a pared down version.

The commercial and industrial area was reduced, while its 1,350 previously-proposed homes is now down to 900, according to a staff report.

Proposal for new neighbourhood near prison returns to Kamloops council | iNhome — An aerial rendering of the proposed Kenna Village subdivision in southwest Kamloops. SUBMITTED/Placemark via City of Kamloops

If approved, staff expect it would “significantly accelerate” water infrastructure expansions, estimated to cost $100 million, which would be funded through developer fees.

It’s those costs of expanding the city with entirely new neighbourhoods that largely factored into council’s denial of the rezoning application in January.

Vancouver-based development company, Placemark, is eyeing a new data centre in the first phases of the project.

On May 26, council will consider whether to move the renewed rezoning application along to another public hearing.