COMP 26-0002
Description
The application would change the Future Land Use designation for portions of three parcels totaling about 41.18 acres, moving land between the Branan Field Master Planned Community and Primary Conservation Network designations.
Impact summary
Opponents worry about runoff into Black Creek and loss of conservation land.
At a glance
- Hearings
- 5
- Public comments
- 9
- Total mentions
- 5
Last vote · County Commission
Discussed at 1 meeting in the last 60 days; most recently Nov 2, 2026.
Meeting timeline (5)
OakLeaf Branan-Ridge CAC Meeting - Nov 2, 2026
The application would change the Future Land Use designation for portions of three parcels totaling about 41.18 acres, moving land between the Branan Field Master Planned Community and Primary Conservation Network designations.
Board of County Commissioners - Jul 28, 2026
A FLUM amendment to change 46.39 acres from Branan Field Primary Conservation Network to Branan Field Master Planned Community; re-advertised for the Planning Commission with no board action.
Board of County Commissioners Meeting - May 12, 2026
17.47 acres changed from Rural Residential to Industrial land use and PS-1 to PID zoning for the existing tree-debris/mulch facility, with IA-style uses and heavy buffering; approved 4-1 with Sgromolo opposed.
Planning Commission Meeting - May 5, 2026
Wants to flip 46.39 acres of protected conservation network to master-planned community zoning; continued to July 7 amid heavy neighborhood opposition.
Board of County Commissioners Meeting - Apr 28, 2026
46.39 acres from BF-PCN to BF-MPC; continued to May 12 with one dissent.
Related issues (3)
Future Land Use redesignation of 41.18 acres in Branan Field
Portions of three parcels totaling about 41.18 acres would have their Future Land Use designations redrawn between the Branan Field Master Planned Community and Primary Conservation Network categories. How the land is split could shape where development and conservation occur in the Branan Field area.
Middleburg industrial rezoning (tree debris facility)
Gaston Tree Debris has operated on CR 218 for 20+ years but the county code has no definition for what it does. Commissioners crafted a compromise: Light Industrial uses plus the debris facility as a conditional use.
Development pressure on Black Creek conservation land
A 46-acre tract of Primary Conservation Network along Black Creek could become a master-planned community. Residents flooded the meeting citing flooding, erosion and loss of wildlife habitat, and promised to keep fighting at the July 7 hearing.
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