It is indeed nonsense. As you are saying, they are white areas on which it is possible to build and develop. We are part of the Montreal metropolitan area, which requires us to provide an adequate supply of housing in accordance with the thresholds being set for us.
It makes no difference whatsoever if a house is built between two existing houses as long as we follow the same rules and same heights. Unfortunately, since the easement covers the territory we want to develop, we cannot achieve our goals.