LEXINGTON, Ky. — The Urban County Planning Commission takes up a slate of subdivision and development items Thursday, October 8, starting at 1:30 p.m. in the Council Chambers of the Urban County Government Building at 200 East Main Street, according to the commission’s posted agenda. The largest item is a development plan for White Farm at 3515 Richmond Road in Council District 7, which would add 114 townhomes and 480 multi-family units along with related public infrastructure. The plan doubles as a preliminary subdivision plan. The Subdivision Committee recommended approval, but only with a list of conditions, and the project needs a commission waiver to use a private pump station. The project’s developer, Hillpointe, a Florida-based real estate firm, is making its first Kentucky venture. The proposal has already been delayed. On the commission’s earlier September agenda, the company asked for a one-month postponement, according to WKYT. Staff has also flagged 15 requirements the plan has not yet met, among them a lighting plan, bicycle parking distribution, and the depiction of existing and proposed easements. A second major item involves a final subdivision plan for the GDK Farm, LLC property, also known as the Turner Property, at 5447 Tates Creek Road in Council District 12. The amendment would create nine single-family lots, 20 townhomes and two open space lots. It also changes the tree protection plan in a way that departs from the approved preliminary plan. The Subdivision Committee recommended postponement, and the applicant must submit a revised tree protection plan and a mitigation proposal. Commissioners have also raised questions about stormwater maintenance, the removal of trees from the Sanctuary Lane median and the location of entry features. The Commission’s action deadline for that plan is November 30, 2026, unless the applicant agrees to a longer timeline. The agenda also lists two waiver requests for which staff will report at the meeting. One concerns open space standards for the Griffin Gate Center, home of the Clarion Hotel, at several Newtown Pike and Coleman Court addresses. The other seeks relief from design standards under the Newtown Pike Extension ordinance for The Standard at Lexington, on property along South Broadway, Hayman Lane and Chair Avenue. Zoning items were reviewed by the commission’s Zoning Committee on October 1. Under the commission’s procedures, staff and petitioners each present reports, citizens may speak as proponents or objectors within set time limits, and the commission then discusses and votes on each plan. Items without objections and with committee approval may be handled without discussion. Sources LFUCG Meeting Archive Lexington Times preview: Two major residential projects face Planning Commission review Thursday WKYT: New housing development proposed for historic Richmond Road farm This article was generated by AI (claude-haiku-5-5) based on source material from LFUCG Meeting Archive, enriched with 1 web search. The original source is available at https://meetings.lexingtonky.news/meeting/6902. View in feeds The post Planning Commission to Weigh White Farm and Tates Creek Road Plans appeared first on The Lexington Times. ...read more read less