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Howard County approves Timberfield Estate subdivision contingent on stormwater approvals

Howard County Drainage Board · May 5, 2026
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Summary

The board approved a two-lot Timberfield Estate subdivision but added an amendment making final approval contingent on completion and county approval of required stormwater (SWIP) documents; neighbors asked the developer to look at extending a tile to alleviate local flooding.

Wyatt Johnson, civil engineer and land surveyor, presented the Timberfield (Timberfield Estate) two-lot subdivision. The plan triggers county erosion-control requirements and calls for a detention area on the south end of Lot 1 and two septic systems sited based on borings; the Board of Health provided a letter indicating the site is suitable for a gravity-flow system for a three-bedroom house and said a 4-bedroom house would need an above-ground sand filter.

Johnson said an 8-inch tile has…

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