Planning commission approves County Downs Plat 23 after resident objections about access and traffic

The Montgomery Planning Commission on a vote of 5-2 approved County Downs Plat Number 23, a residential phase that the applicant said will create 46 lots and close future connections to the Bellehurst neighborhood with two cul-de-sacs. The approval matters because neighbors told the commission they had not been consulted and said the additional homes would increase traffic on narrow neighborhood roads and posed questions about access for properties that currently rely on a private easement. Chris Bostic of Peel Green and Bostick Engineering, the applicant’s civil engineer, told the commission the developer negotiated an agreement with Councilman Ed Grimes that the submitted plat would…