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Planning board denies conditional rezoning for 906-home proposal near Wylie Branch; case heads to commissioners
Summary
The Pender County Planning Board voted to deny a conditional zoning request that would have allowed 906 single-family homes on roughly 600 acres near Wiley/Wylie Branch, citing conflicts with the county’s future land use map, school overcrowding and floodplain concerns.
The Pender County Planning Board voted to deny a conditional zoning map amendment that would have rezoned about 600 acres in the Topsail area to allow 906 single-family detached homes. The board cited inconsistency with the future land use map, concerns about school capacity, proximity to special flood hazard areas and broader infrastructure and traffic impacts. The planning board’s denial is advisory and will be forwarded to the Pender County Board of Commissioners, which will consider the case at its July 14 meeting in Hampstead.
Planning and community development director Daniel Adams summarized the application (rezone 2025-84), saying the proposal by Tidewater Associates on behalf of Asides Construction and USA Global Resources would rezone four parcels totaling approximately 600 acres from Rural Agricultural to a conditional zoning district to permit 906 single-family detached homes. Adams said the tract is largely wooded and contains about 224 acres within FEMA’s 1% or 0.2% annual chance flood zones. He also said staff recommended denial because the proposal was…
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