Planning commission approves Spring View Village master plan and Phase 1 preliminary plat

The Springfield Municipal Regional Planning Commission on July 1 approved the final master development plan for Spring View Village, a planned unit development located at the southeast corner of William Batson Parkway and Old U.S. Highway 431, and separately approved a preliminary plat for Phase 1 of the project.

The approvals clear the concept-level master plan for a 95.7-acre development proposing 568 dwelling units — described by the applicant as 177 single-family lots, 30 detached cottages, about 96 townhouses and roughly 265 apartment-style units — and a Phase 1 preliminary plat that covers about 37.79 acres and proposes 92 single-family lots plus two parcels reserved for future townhouse development.

City staff told the commission the revised master plan remains substantially the same as a plan originally approved in 2021 but required a new approval because the developer did not commence work within the vested-rights time frame. Staff reported the project includes about 15.1 acres of open space (roughly 16% of the site) and a proposed density of 5.94 units per acre, which staff said is within the R-7 PUD maximum of 6.22 units per…