UPDATE (2025 Feb 21): The Planning Commission postponed the Preliminary Plat review for the Birdhill Meadows subdivision. The planning department staff determined that the application was incomplete. The application did not include the required archeological survey results or the required stormwater management plan approval from the WV Department of Environmental Protection.
The Jefferson County Planning Commission has a meeting scheduled for February 25 at 7 pm (this is a different meeting than the February 11 meeting to review the concept plan for the Middleway water bottling plant). The February 25 meeting will be held in the lower level meeting room of the Charles Town Library. The agenda includes a preliminary plat review for the Birdhill Meadows subdivision in Kearneysville. The concept plan was previously approved by the Planning Commission in May 2024 for 720 houses on 195 acres.
During the May meeting, neighbors expressed concerns about the density of the development, a lack of buffers to the adjacent properties, and the traffic burden on Route 480 (the original request to rezone this parcel for high density housing was based in part on the extension of Northport Blvd from Route 115, but the developer is now indicating that this extension is no longer planned and all traffic will enter and exit via Route 480). During the May meeting, the developer did agree to negotiate with neighbors over fencing, which will be included in the plan that will be presented at a public hearing expected to be held sometime in the fall of 2025.
The preliminary plat review scheduled for the February 25 meeting will look at phase one of the project, which includes 219 housing units at the north end of the subdivision.
By Staff Contributor