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Council rejects special-use permit for daycare at Victory Shops site; proposal for Spanish immersion preschool drew mixed council reaction

5821436 · September 15, 2025
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Summary

A proposal for a Spanish Schoolhouse daycare at the Victory Shops development near State Highway 78 and Woodbridge Parkway failed after council members raised concerns about available commercial land and concentration of daycares; Planning & Zoning had recommended approval 6-0.

The Saksley City Council on Sept. 15 voted down a special-use permit request to allow a daycare (Spanish Schoolhouse) at a pad within the Victory Shops development, a site generally located south of State Highway 78 and east of Woodbridge Parkway. The Planning and Zoning Commission had recommended approval by a 6-0 vote; council debate split on land-use and market-saturation concerns.

Matt Robinson, the city’s development services representative, told council the 5.3-acre development includes multiple pad sites and a proposed childcare tenant in the southeast corner of a new retail shell; the site plan calls for a six-foot masonry wall and canopy trees to buffer adjacent residential…

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