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Land use committee reviews 540‑unit Country Club Estates plan, debates Erwin Drive interconnection and traffic impacts
Summary
County planners and the developer presented a 296‑acre, open‑space planned subdivision proposal for Country Club Estates that would use transfer of development rights for a total of 540 units; councilors and residents pressed the applicant on traffic, interconnection removal and public notice for plan changes.
Janet Kilpatrick, co‑chair of the New Castle County Land Use Committee, read into the record a major land development plan for Country Club Estates in Saint George's Hundred seeking S and Historic Overlay (H) zoning and combining several tax parcels under application 20210287.
John Tracy, attorney for the applicant, told the committee the 296‑acre proposal north of Middletown would deliver 540 dwelling units comprising apartments, single‑family homes, townhomes and 99 age‑restricted units. The plan relies on 188 additional units conveyed through the county’s transfer‑of‑development‑rights (TDR) program; the applicant said about 190 of the project's 270 acres would remain as passive or active open space—about 55 acres more than code requires.
Tracy said…
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