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Planning commission rejects Caldwell Drive preliminary plat amid unresolved flood‑plain study
Summary
Hendersonville planners declined to approve a 12‑lot preliminary subdivision for 74.5 acres on Caldwell Drive after repeated concerns about an incomplete flood study and stream restoration plan raised by commissioners and nearby residents.
The Hendersonville Planning Commission voted down the preliminary plat for a proposed 12‑lot subdivision on 74.5 acres at 155 Caldwell Drive after commissioners said the developer had not completed required flood‑plain analyses and stream restoration plans. The motion to approve the preliminary plat with staff comments failed, 2‑6.
The commission’s decision followed public comments from nearby residents and repeated requests from commissioners that the applicant finalize a flood study and a stream restoration plan before the commission grants preliminary approval. Tom Galbraith, who said he lives on 126 Tara Lane, asked who approved the placement of truckloads of fill in the flood plain and said he had not received answers from the city. Resident Wes Horton, vice president of his homeowners association, told the commission the 2010 flood showed how quickly water can migrate and said…
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