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Residents press county over planning‑commission transparency, Bells Reserve proposal

Cheatham County Commission · December 16, 2025
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Summary

During public forum at the Dec. 15 meeting, residents criticized a Dec. 4 planning commission meeting for failing to accept public comment and raised concerns that new countywide regulations could enable the Bells Reserve (CB Ragland) development at the Harpeth narrows.

Several residents used the Dec. 15 public forum to urge the county to restore and preserve public input on planning issues and to draw attention to a proposed development in a sensitive area of the county.

Linda Ryder told commissioners that the Dec. 4 planning commission meeting did not permit public comment on rural‑resort regulations and characterized that…

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