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Rezoning petition for 186-acre 'Plum Farms' withdrawn after local opposition over adjacency and water concerns
Summary
The Chair said a petitioner withdrew a rezoning request for a 186-acre Plum Farms property in Hoffman Estates amid opposition from nearby Baycaw-area residents and concerns that the rezoning could support a data center and affect local groundwater.
The Chair reported that a rezoning petition for a 186-acre Plum Farms property at Higgins Road and Route 59 in Hoffman Estates was withdrawn by the property owner after substantial local opposition.
"The petitioner ... decided to withdraw their petition," the Chair said, describing strong objections from residents in adjacent areas such as Barrington Mills and South Barrington. The Chair said opponents feared the rezoning — which had been proposed to convert the land from residential to commercial use — was intended to support a data center, and that the project could strain shallow groundwater resources shared by nearby properties.
The Chair described broad community protests and planning-commission hearings prior to the withdrawal and said the petition cannot be reconsidered unless refiled by the petitioner.
The transcript does not record a hearing or appeal result beyond the petitioner’s withdrawal, and no further board action on the matter was recorded in the provided segment.
