East Plano 50-home project moves forward in planning process

A 50-home project in east Plano is moving forward after the city's planning and zoning commission approved a preliminary replat near Baptist Meadows Church at a meeting Nov. 2.

In a nutshell

The approved preliminary replat allows part of a 27-acre lot that used to be owned by Baptist Meadows Church to be turned into a 50 single-family home project.

Homes will be on lots between 7,000 square feet and a little over 10,000 square feet, with the largest lots at 10,063 square feet according to city documents.

The commission also approved new boundaries for Baptist Meadows Church to reflect the change in use for the northern part of the land.

The background

Plano City Council unanimously approved the residential development at a meeting April 27. Residents and council members showed support for the project because of its proximity to Plano East Senior High School.

Larger lots of the development are planned to have a three-car garage, per previous reporting. The development will also have a 20-foot-wide landscape edge on the western boundary of the property with an 8-foot metal fence and one tree every 30 feet.