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Bedford County commission follows planning panel, denies rezoning request for 25.48-acre parcel
Summary
The Bedford County Board of Commissioners voted unanimously to follow the Planning Commission's unfavorable recommendation and deny a request to rezone Tax Map 88, Parcel 63.04 from A-1 to R-1, a change that would have allowed 30,000-square-foot minimum lots.
The Bedford County Board of Commissioners voted unanimously to deny a request to rezone Tax Map 88, Parcel 63.04, an approximately 25.48-acre tract, from A-1 (agricultural) to R-1 (residential) at its meeting on Sept. 9, 2025.
The motion before the commission was to follow the Bedford County Planning Commission's unfavorable recommendation and the Rules and Legislative Committee's similar finding. The motion carried on a roll-call vote: 17 ayes, 0 noes, meaning the county will not rezone the property at this time.
The rezoning application was filed by Southern Land Acquisition LLC. The requested R-1 classification would allow lots with a minimum size of approximately 30,000 square feet. The Planning Commission considered the application at its June 24, 2025 meeting and issued an unfavorable recommendation; the Rules and Legislative Committee issued an unfavorable recommendation at its Aug. 19, 2025 meeting.
During the commission meeting the chair opened the public hearing portion of the agenda for the rezoning item and asked if anyone in the audience wished to speak; no members of the public signed up or spoke and the public hearing was closed before the commission took its vote.
The clerk conducted a roll-call vote. Commissioners recorded "yes" on the motion to follow the unfavorable recommendation; the vote list included Commissioner Anderson, Commissioner Boutwell, Commissioner Boyette, Commissioner Brothers, Commissioner Davis, Commissioner Epperson, Commissioner Faire, Commissioner Johnson, Commissioner Maddox, Commissioner Neely, Commissioner Pinson, Commissioner Smith, Commissioner Adam Thomas, Commissioner Mark Thomas, Commissioner Thompson, Commissioner Vick and Commissioner Yaki.
No amendments to the proposed rezoning were offered on the floor. The motion and vote were procedural: the commission explicitly followed the recommendation from its advisory bodies and declined to change the zoning for the parcel.
