The Baldwin County Planning & Zoning Commission on an evening vote approved SPP24‑24, Estates at Beechree Creek, a proposed large‑acre subdivision that would divide roughly 2,700 acres into 112 lots (all 20 acres or larger) and includes plans for 14 wetland crossings that the applicant estimates will impact about 8 acres.

Staff planner Miss Waters presented the application and related studies, saying the site is in Planning District 13 and that public utilities would be on wells and septic systems. “A traffic study was conducted by Shane Bergen with New Schaeffer, and it was reviewed and accepted by the planning and zoning permit engineer,” she told commissioners, adding that traffic improvements warranted a northbound right‑turn lane at the intersection of County Road 64 and Lynnholm Road.

The project also includes a wetland report prepared by Lewis Cassidy with EcoSolutions; Waters said the applicant applied the county’s 50‑foot wetland buffer in wetland areas and had submitted a wetland fill permit application to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for the proposed crossings.

The commission’s approval carried conditions spelled out by staff. Those conditions require the applicant to: install the northbound right‑turn lane at Lynnholm Road and County Road 64; provide a copy of any required Corps or other permit approvals to county staff before applying for final plat approval; permit and install shared driveways for two or more lots served by the same egress before final plat submission; and revise the plan’s stream‑setback data table to show a 30‑foot natural buffer from top of bank on both sides.

Commission discussion did not identify additional public commenters for this item; staff reiterated that the applicant has submitted a wetland fill permit application to the Corps and that final plat approval will be contingent on demonstrating necessary federal and state approvals. The commission approved the preliminary plat with the staff conditions.

Because the proposal includes jurisdictional wetlands and a pending Corps permit, the project’s future construction remains contingent on federal and state authorization and on satisfying the county’s conditions before the county issues any final plat approvals or building permits.

Planning staff noted environmental documents and traffic mitigation requirements will be reviewed again during the final‑plat and permitting stages; the commission’s action at the meeting was preliminary plat approval subject to the listed conditions.