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Westwood Park Rezoning Hearing Moving Forward on April 14th
Posted on April 9, 2026 7:55 AM by Mary Cheston
 
The twice postponed public hearing on the Westwood Park Development to be built adjacent to New Town on Eastern State Hospital land will be held during the Board of Supervisors (BOS) April 14th meeting which starts at 5PM. (The meeting will be held at the County Government Center Board Room, 101 Mounts Bay Road.) Westwood Park’s rezoning is scheduled as the fourth public hearing of the evening, following a hearing on the proposed property tax rate increase and another on the JCC 2027-28 budget.
 
According to the latest JCC Staff report, ABVA has not submitted any changes to its application since the February 2026 BOS hearing deferral. However, the hearing package includes a letter from AES Consulting Engineers, ABVA’s engineering firm, in response to comments submitted for the February hearing by the NTRA Board of Directors. The Board had asked the county to significantly improve the planned stormwater prevention mechanisms for Westwood Park. Per the AES reply, “ABVA stands ready to fully complete the work associated with Shirley Park and to ensure the development of Westwood Park does not negatively impact the residents of New Town.”
 
No BOS agenda item is planned in April related to D.R. Horton’s Cardinal Ridge development on the remaining larger parcel of Eastern State Hospital land.
 
Excerpt from latest Westwood Park JCC Staff Report:
 
“CHANGES MADE SINCE THE FEBRUARY 10, 2026, BOARD OF SUPERVISORS MEETING
None.
 
CHANGES MADE SINCE THE OCTOBER 14, 2025, BOARD OF SUPERVISORS MEETING; these changes represent the most current application information 
On December 9, 2025, the Board of Supervisors approved Case No. LU-20-0002 to change the Comprehensive Plan Land Use Map designation of the subject property from Federal, State, or County Land to the Mixed Use Level 1, Small Town or Suburban Center, designation.
 
The applicants have reduced the proposed residential density of the development from 176 units, comprised of 86 single-family detached and 90 single-family attached and multifamily units, to a total of 155 units, comprised of 82 single-family detached units and 73 single-family attached and multifamily units.
 
Adjusting for the reduction in the number of units, the applicants adjusted Proffer No. 8 to increase the per unit cash contribution from $1,276.81 to $1,451.61 so that a total cash contribution of $225,000 will be provided to the County to be used for a stream restoration project on or near the property.
 
The applicants have also revised the proposed design guidelines to specify that commercial and mixed use buildings shall be two to three stories in height to align with the Mixed Use Level 1 description.”
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