PZAB declines to recommend Isla Carroll Polo & Residences PUD, citing doubts about equestrian focus and club scale

WELLINGTON — After more than three hours of testimony and public comment, the Village of Wellington Planning, Zoning & Adjustment Board voted 6–1 on Nov. 19 to not recommend approval of both the rezoning and master plan for the Isla Carroll Polo & Residences project.

The applicant team — led by counsel Neil Schiller of Government Law Group and developers McCourt Partners and Discovery Land Company — proposed rezoning roughly 79.17 acres in Subarea D of the Equestrian Overlay Zoning District (EOZD) to a planned unit development that would cluster 40 single‑family units and preserve the Isla Carroll East polo field under recorded restrictions and a long‑term operating agreement with the United States Polo Association (USPA).

Developer presentations said the plan increases open space on the site to roughly 60 percent, relocates homes to the west side of the property, and places the historic east polo field into long‑term stewardship with USPA. Bob McMurtry, interim chief operating officer of USPA, described a negotiated license that would let USPA’s MPC Polo Operations LLC manage and maintain the field under a 25‑year initial term with two automatic 10‑year renewals (an effective 45‑year commitment) and recording of a memorandum of license and deed…