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Planning Board Meeting

Chatham County · Planning Board
Tuesday, April 7, 2026 at 6:30 pm · Chatham County Agriculture & Conference Center, 1192 US 64 W Pittsboro, North Carolina 27312

Regular meeting Subdivision and site plansHousing and affordabilityLand conversion and large developmentAppointments and personnelData centers and large loadsElections and districtsEnvironment and sustainabilityZoning text amendment

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What was decided

  1. Approved IVApproval of Minutes - March 3, 2026 Approved 9-0
  2. Continued VII.2First Plat: Hickory Mountain Reserve, 48 lots on 164.20 acres Postponed to the 5 May meeting
  3. Continued VII.3First Plat: Webster Farm, 132 lots on 182.98 acres Postponed 7-2

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What's on this agenda

Chatham County's Planning Board elected its officers and took three subdivisions on 7 April: Conservancy Estates, 45 lots on 57 acres off Conservancy Parkway; Hickory Mountain Reserve, 48 lots on 164.20 acres off Pleasant Hill Church Road; and Webster Farm, 132 lots on 182.98 acres off Buckner Clark Road.

Under board members' items staff presented on data centers, their associated uses and their impacts in the county, and the planning director reported on implementing the development ordinance under Senate Bill 382.

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Meeting recap

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

Mary Roodkowsky was elected chair 9-0 and Clyde Frazier vice chair 9-0, each unopposed.

Residents asked the board to send all three subdivisions back. One, from Hadley Mill Road in Hickory Mountain Township, asked it to table every subdivision on the agenda. The board recommended the first, Conservancy Estates, 5-4. It then postponed Hickory Mountain Reserve to the 5 May meeting, and voted 7-2 to postpone Webster Farm as well. Both came back on 5 May and were recommended, 7-3 and 6-4.

How the votes went

Roodkowsky elected chair 9-0 and Frazier vice chair 9-0. Conservancy Estates recommended 5-4. Hickory Mountain Reserve postponed to 5 May. Webster Farm postponed 7-2. The agenda and the March minutes were approved 9-0.

From the published minutes.

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Agenda items (9)

Discussion item · 3Procedural · 2Minutes approval · 1Appointment · 1Presentation · 1Staff or committee report · 1
  1. III Approval of Agenda
    Procedural
    Approved 9-0
  2. IV Approval of Minutes - March 3, 2026
    Minutes approval
    Approved 9-0
  3. V Election of Officers
    Appointment Appointments and personnelElections and districts
    The board elects its chair and vice chair.
    Roodkowsky elected chair 9-0; Frazier elected vice chair 9-0
  4. VI Public Input Session
    Procedural Subdivision and site plans
    Residents asked the board to table the subdivisions on the agenda and send them back.
  5. VII.1 First Plat: Conservancy Estates, 45 lots on 57 acres off Conservancy Parkway
    Discussion item Housing and affordabilityLand conversion and large developmentSubdivision and site plans
    First plat review for Conservancy Estates, requested by Clay Matthews for Chatham Timber Holdings.
    Recommended for approval 5-4
  6. VII.2 First Plat: Hickory Mountain Reserve, 48 lots on 164.20 acres
    Discussion item Housing and affordabilityLand conversion and large developmentSubdivision and site plans
    First plat review for Hickory Mountain Reserve, requested by Meggan DeCandia for JMEST Partner LLC.
    Postponed to the 5 May meeting
  7. VII.3 First Plat: Webster Farm, 132 lots on 182.98 acres
    Discussion item Housing and affordabilityLand conversion and large developmentSubdivision and site plans
    First plat review for Webster Farm, requested by Dale Werenko for AF-Bowes LLC.
    Postponed 7-2
  8. VIII.1 Staff presentation: data centers, associated uses and potential impacts
    Presentation Data centers and large loadsEnvironment and sustainability
  9. X Planning Director's Reports
    Staff or committee report Zoning text amendment
    Implementing the development ordinance under Senate Bill 382, and the April public hearing items.

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