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Planning board backs conditional rezoning for small grocery, restaurant at 2624 Castle Hayne Road

5924256 · October 3, 2025
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Summary

The New Hanover County Planning Board recommended approval of a conditional B-1 rezoning for a 0.39-acre site at 2624 Castle Hayne Road to allow a small grocery and restaurant, with six conditions and further review required through the county Technical Review Committee.

The New Hanover County Planning Board voted to recommend approval of a conditional B-1 rezoning that would allow a small grocery and a restaurant on a 0.39-acre lot at 2624 Castle Hayne Road.

The board approved staff-recommended conditions limiting uses to grocery, restaurant and general retail; requiring a minimum 5-foot public access easement along Castle Hayne Road; protecting a specimen live oak; screening the dumpster per the Unified Development Ordinance; prohibiting a drive-through; and amending the driveway location based on NCDOT feedback during Technical Review Committee (TRC) review. The board’s recommendation will go to the New Hanover County Board of Commissioners at a tentative November meeting.

The rezoning request came from applicant Sebastian Cardenas, who operates a small grocery just south of the subject site, and was presented by county planning…

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