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Town of Holly Springs · Planning Board
Tuesday, June 23, 2026 at 7:00 pm

Regular meeting RezoningData centers and large loadsHousing and affordabilityRoads and transportationSchools and educationSubdivision and site plans

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What's on this agenda

Holly Springs' Planning Board takes up two rezoning cases on June 23: 22-REZ-02 for Meridian at Sunset Commons and 25-REZ-09 for New School Montessori. As an advisory board, it can only recommend each case; the Town Council decides.

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Meeting recap

What happened, drawn from the records published after the meeting. Minutes

The Planning Board voted 8-0 to recommend both rezoning cases to the Town Council, which has final say. Meridian at Sunset Commons (22-REZ-02) would rezone 30.57 acres at Wake County PIN 0669170766 from Neighborhood Mixed-Use to Mixed-Use Residential Conditional. Morningstar Law Group filed the request, and attorney Jason Barron presented it, citing a greenway extension, a new regional pump station and widening on Sunset Lake Road, Holly Springs Road and Optimus Farm Road. New School Montessori (25-REZ-09) would rezone 11.22 acres at PIN 0669330330 from Rural Residential to Rural Residential Conditional. Laura Holloman of McAdams filed it for the school, adding two egress lanes and more turn-lane storage to ease drop-off queuing that residents raised at a 2023 hearing. Both recommendations passed 8-0, along with the staff plan-consistency findings behind them.

No one signed up for the public comment period. The board also approved its May 26 minutes 8-0, assigned Van Crandall and Tanner Davis to represent it at the Town Council's July 21 and August 18 meetings, and heard from Development Services Director Chris Hills that the Town Council had adopted a data center moratorium. Hills also outlined a proposed rule letting some subdivision and site-plan applications move to administrative approval once zoning is in place, cutting review time in half.

How the votes went

Both zoning-map recommendations passed 8-0: first the plan-consistency statement, then the recommendation to the Town Council, for Meridian at Sunset Commons (22-REZ-02) and again for New School Montessori (25-REZ-09). The board also approved the May 26 minutes 8-0 and voted 8-0 to adjourn at 9 p.m. Eight of nine members were present; Chair Rick Madoni was absent, and Vice Chair Thomas Urquhart presided.

From the published minutes.

Who spoke

No members of the public spoke.

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Jump to an item (14 on this agenda)
  1. Call to Order
  2. Roll Call
  3. Pledge of Allegiance
  4. Invocation
  5. Agenda Adjustment
  6. 1May 26, 2026 Regular Meeting Minutes
  7. Town Council Meeting Representative
  8. 2Rezoning 22-REZ-02 Meridian at Sunset Commons
  9. 3Rezoning 25-REZ-09 New School Montessori
  10. 4Town Council Official Action Overview
  11. 5Committee Reports
  12. 6Development Services Report
  13. 7Other Business
  14. Adjournment

Agenda items (14)

Procedural · 6Staff or committee report · 4Discussion item · 3Minutes approval · 1
  1. Call to Order
    Procedural
  2. Roll Call
    Procedural
  3. Pledge of Allegiance
    Procedural
  4. Invocation
    Procedural
  5. Agenda Adjustment
    Procedural
  6. 1 May 26, 2026 Regular Meeting Minutes
    Minutes approval
  7. Town Council Meeting Representative
    Staff or committee report
    The board assigned Van Crandall to represent it at the Town Council's July 21 meeting and Tanner Davis at the August 18 meeting.
  8. 2 Rezoning 22-REZ-02 Meridian at Sunset Commons
    Discussion item Housing and affordabilityRezoningRoads and transportation
    Recommends rezoning 30.57 acres at PIN 0669170766 from Neighborhood Mixed-Use to Mixed-Use Residential Conditional for Morningstar Law Group's Meridian at Sunset Commons project, including a greenway extension and a new regional pump station.
    • 4950 Optimist Farm Rd · Jordan Matthews Ltd Prtnrp Jordan Real Estate Holdings LLC · 34 acres · assessed $4,325,457
  9. 3 Rezoning 25-REZ-09 New School Montessori
    Discussion item RezoningSchools and education
    Recommends rezoning 11.22 acres at PIN 0669330330 from Rural Residential to Rural Residential Conditional for The New School Montessori's expanded campus, adding two egress lanes to manage drop-off traffic.
  10. 4 Town Council Official Action Overview
    Staff or committee report
  11. 5 Committee Reports
    Staff or committee report
  12. 6 Development Services Report
    Staff or committee report Data centers and large loadsSubdivision and site plans
    Development Services Director Chris Hills told the board the Town Council had adopted the data center moratorium and outlined a proposed rule letting staff approve some subdivision and site-plan applications administratively once zoning is in place, cutting review time in half.
  13. 7 Other Business
    Discussion item
  14. Adjournment
    Procedural

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