The Wilson County Planning Commission approved three separate land-use items on Jan. 17: a site-plan relocation for a wrestling practice building at Friendship Christian, an alteration and expansion of Building 14 at the Speedway development, and the affirmation of a single-tract plat for the Joe Wayne Hardy property on Midget Road.

Brian Keith of K and A Land Survey said Friendship Christian’s request involved repositioning an earlier-approved practice facility to a more central campus location; “the exact same building. Nothing has changed except the location of the building,” Keith said. Staff recommended approval and advised the commission to void the prior November 2024 site approval for the same structure to avoid duplicate active approvals. The commission voted in favor and included voiding the previous approval per staff recommendation. Planning staff noted the approvals remain subject to stormwater comments.

On the Speedway site plan, Jeff Knecht, development manager for Panatone Development Company, described an expansion of Lot 14 that will add roughly 300,000 square feet to the existing building footprint (transcript references expansion to approximately 960,000 square feet from an earlier 630,000-square-foot approval) to accommodate a known large user. Knecht said the expansion will eliminate construction of Buildings 16 and 18, producing a net reduction in total campus square footage by about 500,000 square feet. The commission voted to approve the alteration and expansion.

The commission also affirmed a single plat for the Joe Wayne Hardy property (Map 78 Parcel 48) as the sole plat affirmation on the agenda; the motion carried.

All three approvals were routine votes on site plans and plats; staff emphasized stormwater and maintenance-agreement provisions as conditions for future permitting and implementation.