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Applicant withdraws concrete batch plant special-use request; plans to resubmit
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Summary
An applicant seeking a special use permit for a concrete batch plant on about 4.47 acres near East Beltline Road withdrew the application during the Planning & Zoning hearing on Nov. 20 after staff opposed the proposal for being inconsistent with the city's 2030 master plan and raising dust, noise and access concerns.
On Nov. 20, during the Coppell Planning and Zoning Commission meeting, an applicant seeking a special use permit for a concrete batch plant withdrew the application and said he would resubmit after addressing staff concerns.
Staff development services administrator Matt Steer told the commission the 4.47-acre site north of East Beltline Road is shown in the city’s 2030 comprehensive master plan as “urban residential neighborhood” and that the requested change to an Industrial Special District and a permanent batch plant SUP was not supported by staff. "Staff is recommending the SUP and the proposed future land use plan amendment ... be denied," Steer said during his presentation.
Phil Flink, executive vice president of Estrada Companies and the applicant, told the commission he had not provided some consultant materials and asked either for a continuance or to withdraw and reapply. Flink said the company could see an interim window for operations and discussed a potential sunset period, stating his team believed a "shorter window ... closer to maybe 60 months or less" could allow compliant interim operations.
Commissioners and legal counsel discussed notice requirements and whether a limited SUP with a sunset clause would be the same application as the one noticed to surrounding property owners. Given those notice and application-type constraints, the applicant opted to withdraw the request and resubmit under the regular submittal schedule. Chair Edmond Haas then accepted the withdrawal.
Staff had also flagged practical constraints: the property lacks public road frontage and would require platting and a 24-foot fire lane mutual access easement; utilities cross rail easements and a large Lone Star Gas easement complicate permitting and site layout. Commissioners repeatedly cited dust, truck noise, and roadway wear as concerns for a batch plant at or near residential areas.
The withdrawal means no formal approval or denial occurred; staff advised the applicant to reapply according to the city’s standard deadlines and to return with complete consultant documentation. The commission noted staff’s recommendation for denial would remain if the applicant returned with the same land-use request.
