The Metro Nashville Planning Commission voted Jan. 8 to approve a special‑project rezoning for 0 West Campbell Road that will permit a mixed plan of single‑family lots and detached cottage‑style multifamily units.

Planning staff described the roughly 12.9‑acre site and recommended approval with conditions to reduce the single‑family lot count and preserve approximately 40% of the site as open space. Staff asked that two pairs of lots be combined to create larger transition lots, resulting in a maximum of 17 single‑family lots and 19 detached cottage units, and recommended additional buffering and landscape conditions.

Christian Makari of Summit Development, the applicant, said the team held five community meetings, incorporated neighborhood feedback and agreed to staff recommendations. He said the developer purposefully preserved wooded open space and reduced the project’s density in response to residents’ concerns.

The public hearing included prolonged testimony from neighbors expressing concern about traffic on West Campbell and Dickerson, flooding and the suitability of higher density on a site with limited infrastructure. Opponents urged the commission to keep the RS‑20 zoning. Supporters and some nearby residents said the project would deliver more attainable single‑family homeownership and missing‑middle housing that could help long‑term Nashvillians.

Councilmember Jennifer Gamble, who has worked with the applicant, said the developer lowered unit counts from an early 55‑unit proposal to 36 and pledged community‑driven changes. Gamble told the commission the homes would likely price in the high‑$300,000 to the low‑$500,000 range — below recent half‑acre prices — and that the project would help first‑time buyers.

Commissioners asked targeted questions about lot sizes, buffers, infrastructure and traffic. Planning staff confirmed that the project meets infill guidance in the city’s policies and that added conditions require the preserved open space be retained and that transitions to adjoining lots be respected.

Commissioner Leslie moved to approve staff’s recommendation — approval with conditions and disapproval without those conditions — and the commission adopted the motion by voice vote. The approval includes the staff‑recommended lot consolidations and landscaping buffers; the developer and councilmember said they will continue to work with neighbors on traffic mitigation and a potential traffic signal at the intersection of West Campbell and Dickerson.

Next procedural steps: the commission’s recommendation goes to Metro Council for its public hearing and final vote.