Fuquay Varina board approves annexation and preliminary plat for 8514 Purfoy Road (Southlands Preserve)

The Fuquay Varina Board of Commissioners on July 14 adopted an annexation ordinance to add a 24.5-acre parcel at 8514 Purfoy Road to the town and approved a preliminary subdivision plat that would create 48 single-family lots for the Southlands Preserve development.

Planning Director Pam Davidson told the board the property, identified in the meeting materials as ANX-2025-08 and submitted by 3 Blooms Farm LLC, is contiguous to the town limits, is served by public water and sewer, and has adequate nearby fire flow; she recommended approval. At the 06/02/2025 meeting the town clerk had certified the voluntary annexation petition as sufficient under the North Carolina General Statutes. The public hearing opened and closed with no speakers. A board member moved, another seconded, and the motion to adopt the annexation ordinance carried unanimously.

The related preliminary subdivision plat (SUB-PR-2024-11) covers approximately 24.13 acres in the Residential Medium Density conditional zoning district and proposes 48 single-family detached lots. Davidson said the minimum lot width proposed is 70 feet. Per the zoning conditions the minimum lot size for lots 1–10 is 20,000 square feet and for lots 11–48 is 10,000 square feet; the smallest proposed lot is 10,019 square feet and the average lot size is 13,003 square feet. The plat preserves about 5.66 acres, or 23.8% of the gross project area, as open space. The Planning Board reviewed the plat at its June 16 meeting and unanimously recommended approval; the board voted to approve the preliminary plat at the July 14 meeting after staff presentation.

Discussion vs. decision: the public hearing produced no public comments; the planning director presented factual findings and the board took formal votes. The record shows approval motions and unanimous tallies; no conditions, amendments or follow-up reports were recorded in the meeting minutes for these items.

The annexation ordinance extends town services to the property, which the planning director said currently have access to public water and sewer. The town clerk previously certified the petition under the North Carolina General Statutes; the planning director provided the current total assessed value for the property in the agenda materials as $1,915,085. No timetable for subdivision construction or building-permit sequencing was given at the meeting.

The board’s action completes the local approvals referenced in the meeting packet for annexation and preliminary plat review; any subsequent steps (final plat approval, infrastructure construction, building permits) were not addressed in the discussion at this meeting and would follow applicable town procedures.