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Planning board debates policy for handling major plan changes after public notice

New Hanover County Planning Board · February 6, 2026
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Summary

After the rezoning vote, the New Hanover County Planning Board discussed a proposed nonbinding policy to continue hearings when applicants submit major modifications after the legal notice, seeking to balance transparency and flexibility for better applications.

Following the public hearing and vote, members of the New Hanover County Planning Board spent significant time Feb. 5 discussing a proposed general policy to handle situations when applicants submit major modifications or new information after the legal notice for a hearing has been published.

Chair described the proposal as a “guardrail” rather than a rigid rule: if modifications substantially change the proposal, the board…

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