Newnan’s City Council voted Nov. 25 to deny RZ2025-01, a major mixed‑use rezoning request for property at 3000 McIntosh Parkway. The proposal, presented by a development team including Oxford Properties and Providence Group, would have allowed up to 329 apartments, 70 townhomes and approximately 26,760 square feet of commercial space, plus amenities and pedestrian connections.

Planning staff briefed council on the application’s history, including a settlement-era rezoning and a prior concept plan from 2007–2008. Staff noted the project met most rezoning standards (6 of 8) and that the DRI (Development of Regional Impact) review concluded the existing roads can support the projected traffic; however, staff also flagged likely additional requests on police, fire and school services and noted the property could be used as currently zoned (CGN). The Planning Commission had recommended denial (6–0).

Representatives for the applicant—attorney Melissa Griffith, Paul Austin of Oxford Properties, and Warren Jolley of Providence Group—outlined a mixed‑use plan with apartments, for‑sale townhomes, and a central plaza and retail buildings intended to animate the site. The applicant proffered conditions to cap numbers of apartments and townhomes, promised to meet tree and landscape ordinances, and offered a $50,000 contribution if the city lowered the McIntosh Parkway speed limit to 35 mph to enable a rectangular rapid‑flashing beacon pedestrian crossing.

Council discussion revisited the site’s rezoning history and whether the settlement agreement from earlier litigation implied expectations for commercial frontage along McIntosh. Several councilmembers said the site remains appropriate for commercial uses and expressed concern about adding more multifamily density in an area they described as already heavily developed with apartments. Public commenters echoed traffic and affordability concerns.

Council accepted the Planning Commission report and then moved to deny the rezoning application; the motion passed by a recorded vote of 5–1. The council’s decision preserves the current commercial zoning and rejects the applicant’s MXD proposal as presented.