Planning board backs adding nearly 1,966 acres to Hardee County mining overlay
The planning board recommended approval of ordinance 2026‑07 to amend Hardee County’s comprehensive plan and extend the mining overlay to include roughly 1,966 acres south of State Road 64; staff and the applicant said soil borings (2020–2025) show mineable phosphate reserves, but inclusion in the overlay does not authorize mining and further local and state permits would be required.
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The Hardee County Planning & Zoning Board recommended that the Board of County Commissioners approve ordinance 2026‑07, a comprehensive‑plan amendment to expand the county’s generalized mining overlay to include roughly 1,966 acres of parcels south of State Road 64. Todd Miller of county staff framed the application as a large‑scale future land‑use map amendment that will be reviewed by the Department of Commerce after first reading by the commissioners.
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