Dillard Road subdivision approved by planning commission
Published 6:00 am Monday, May 25, 2026
The neighborhood around the future Summit View Elementary School is continuing to take shape, with the City-County Planning Commission approving on Thursday a proposal to rezone 34.865 acres on Dillard road adjacent to the school site from agricultural to single-family residential in order to develop the land into a new subdivision.
Landowner Thomas R. Hunt Investment Properties and Zach Williams of VAW Holdings, who applied for the rezoning, have a plan to build up to 93 residential lots on the property beside the school, which is set to open in the fall of 2027.
Commissioners approved the rezoning in a 6-0 vote, though there was a significant presence of people at the meeting from neighborhoods opposing the proposed development.
Under the plan, 20 percent of residences on the land are to be at least 1,850 square feet, while all the other residences have to be at least 2,000 square feet.
The development will also include a connecting pedestrian/bike path to Summit View.
Attorney Chris Davenport, representing the developers, said that VAW Holdings plans for the smaller homes to be on the inner portion of the proposed subdivision.
The subdivision has a housing density of 2.67 dwelling units per acre, which is more dense than surrounding neighborhoods, but still falls in the middle of the low-density residential designation on the county’s future land use map.
Davenport said that the RS-1B rezoning designation for this land accommodates the second-largest residential lots under county zoning standards, and that four previous rezoning applications for residential developments adjacent to school sites within the past 10 years have led to higher-density developments than what is being proposed on Dillard Road.
The plan received opposition from residents in neighboring developments, with Adam Bowers, representing The Summit Home Owners Association laying out a detailed argument stating that the proposed subdivision was incompatible with surrounding neighborhoods.
Bowers asked for significant changes to the development plan so that the housing density measured 1 to 2 dwelling units per acre, telling the commission that he was unable to find a neighborhood with a density higher than 2.02 dwelling units per acre within 1,000 feet of the proposed subdivision.
“We welcome the development into this area, in keeping with the existing neighborhoods, but as proposed this represents a significant departure from the established character, density and planning standards for the surrounding area,” Bowers said. “The increased density, narrower streets and smaller homes collectively create a development that is incompatible with the existing community and raises legitimate concerns around safety, emergency access and longterm property values.”
