Wellington planning commission backs preliminary plat for 293-acre Sage Farms, forwards recommendation to trustees

The Wellington Planning Commission on Thursday voted to forward a recommendation to the Board of Trustees to approve the preliminary plat for Sage Farms Filing 1, a phased master-planned development covering about 293 acres east of Highway 1 and south of G W Bush Avenue to County Road 58.

Planner Britney Lenore, of the Town of Wellington planning department, told the commission the filing before them is the first phase of a comprehensive planned unit development and would include about 241 single-family lots, two pocket parks, trails and interim stormwater features that will be replatted in later phases.

The preliminary plat provides a high-level layout rather than final construction plans. If the trustees approve the planning commission’s recommendation, the developer will return with a final plat and detailed construction plans that must meet the town’s technical standards for grading, drainage, utilities and transportation.

Why it matters: Sage Farms is a long-planned, large subdivision that the town envisions as a mixed-use master-planned neighborhood with single-family, multifamily and commercial areas. Approving the preliminary plat starts the formal subdivision process for the first set of residential lots and establishes right-of-way, utility corridors, park locations and outlots for later development.

What the commission heard and asked Britney Lenore said the Sage Farms PUD was approved with annexation and zoning in 2024 and that the filing before the commission is consistent with the comprehensive plan and the PUD zoning.…