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New Castle County committee hears 540‑unit Country Club Estates plan; traffic, interconnection and TDRs draw scrutiny
Summary
The Land Use Committee reviewed a major 540‑unit Country Club Estates development—featuring TDRs, preserved historic structures and a proposed removal of an Erwin Drive interconnection to Back Creek—while council members raised traffic, TID funding and affordability concerns; no final vote was taken.
The New Castle County Land Use Committee on Dec. 2 heard a presentation on a proposed open-space planned subdivision called Country Club Estates in St. George's Hundred, north of Church Town Road, that would combine several parcels into a single development of roughly 540 dwelling units.
John Tracy, attorney for the applicant, said the plan would deliver a mix of apartments, single‑family homes, townhouses and 99 age‑restricted units and would rely on a county transfer‑of‑development‑rights (TDR) program that moves 188 development rights onto the site. ‘‘This is an open‑space planned subdivision on approximately 296 acres,’’ Tracy said, and he stressed the plan preserves historic structures on the…
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