Planning commission approves Regents Park rezoning and revised final plat

The Leawood Planning Commission on Nov. 25 approved two items for the Regents Park development. The first, Case 106‑25, was a rehearing to correct a legal‑description acreage error for a rezoning of roughly 4.66 acres from RP‑3 (plan cluster attached residential) to RP‑2 (plan cluster detached residential). Carrie Kenneler, senior planner, explained the rehearing was required because a published legal description had listed a smaller acreage (4.125 acres). Kenneler said the commission had previously recommended approval 8–0 and that no substantive changes had been made to the project. Applicant Tim Tucker of Phelps Engineering acknowledged a clerical error in the published legal description and agreed to the stipulations; the commission closed the brief public hearing and approved the rezoning with 28 stipulations.

The commission then considered Case 117‑25, a revised final development plan and final plat for Regents Park (Phase 5). Park Lloyd (staff) said the revised final plat converts what had been conceptual twin villas into seven detached single‑family lots for Phase 5 and complies with previously approved deviations in the LDO. Tucker said the final plan matched the previously approved preliminary plan and estimated a price range for the new homes at roughly $800,000 to $1,000,000. Commissioner Belzer moved approval; the commission approved Case 117‑25 and sent it to the governing body for final action.

Both actions were approvals on largely procedural or administratively corrected documents: the rezoning rehearing corrected an acreage discrepancy and the revised final plan formalized a plat change consistent with earlier approvals. Staff noted landscaping and detailed lot design remains part of subsequent final plan/plat review.