The Planning Commission on Nov. 25 approved a rezoning to add a 50‑acre parcel to the North Tallagga master‑plan community, rezoning the rear portion of a 95‑acre tract from R‑2 to Village Node to allow roughly 145 traditional residential lots.

Chad Jacobs, representing the Gilbert family and developer Minerva USA, told the commission the proposal includes almost 11 acres of open space—well above the village‑node requirement—and adheres to the Spalding County 2042 comprehensive plan. "We are providing almost 11 acres of open space, which...is in excess of the requirement for the village node," Jacobs said.

Staff told the commission the parcel should be treated as phase 2 of the master plan and recommended that all zoning conditions applied to the original March approval be made applicable to this parcel. Staff raised a timing concern about permitting phase‑2 building permits before an agreed level of build‑out in phase 1, but commissioners and counsel agreed it would be better to fold the new tract into the March conditions rather than set a specific percentage threshold.

A motion to approve the rezoning with staff’s first condition (that all relevant March 2025 zoning conditions apply) passed with no opposition. The rezoning will proceed to the Board of Commissioners for final action and the developer and staff will finalize how the original conditions will be applied to this parcel before the Dec. 15 hearing.