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The Putnam County Planning Commission approved a concept plan for the 857-lot subdivision planned on Scott Family Farm Tuesday night.
The plan approved with a minimum lot width of 65 feet. Commission Member Dale Moss said he had concerns about the minimum lot size still not being wide enough. Commissioner David Mattson said at a width of 65 feet the utilities should be fine.
“We reached out to all the local utilities,” Mattson said. “Upper Cumberland Electric, Middle Tennessee Gas, Twin Lakes, and everybody sort of got their feedback on what they like. That is sort of how we landed at the utility at 65 feet. More is better but 65 feet works.”
M2 Group Developer Matt Bryant said the reason for the size is to offer differing size lots and green space throughout the development. Mattson said the green space would be a good addition.
“I think having the additional green space, I think is a benefit to the neighborhood,” Mattson said. “I think if you wound up with 75 or 110-foot lots some people like that and some people don’t, but I think as a general rule having more green space would be a positive for the community.”
Bryant said the developer group has reached out to T-DOT in regards to doing a traffic study about what would need to be done for future improvements at the Burgess Fall Road/Ditty Road intersection. Planning Director Kevin Rush said the traffic study will play a major role in the plan’s development.
“That traffic study is going to be vitally important to understand how they anticipate traffic in this area will be impacted by this development and also within the development,” Rush said.
The approval of the concept plan allows the maximum amount of 857 lots. M2 can adjust the layouts and add different size lots but the minimum width must be 65 feet. Bryant said some lots could potentially be bigger and the development may not even reach 857 lots as they progress with the project.
The commissioners approved the concept plan in a 9-1 vote.
