Sunday, February 24, 2013
Toll Brothers failed to meet a condition of its land development approval, stoking Willistown supervisors' wariness about the development.
Back in October, Willistown granted a land development request to Toll Brothers for the second phase of its Applebrook Meadows development, contingent on eight conditions. The one condition tacked on at the last minute—a third-party perc test—proved to be a sticking point for the developer. At its Feb. 11 meeting, Toll Brothers representatives were back before the Board of Supervisors with an upgraded, costlier water management plan, again seeking land development approval for Phase II, which would add 53 new houses on the way to a total of 138. Instead, they got a pop quiz and were told their request would be tabled pending review by the township solicitor. Alyson Zarro, who represented Toll Brothers at the meeting, said the new plan …
Monday, October 15, 2012
The second stage of the Toll Brothers project will add 53 new homes in Willistown Township.
The Willistown Township Board of Supervisors gave conditional land use approval to Toll Brothers to build 53 new homes in the second phase of the Applebrook Meadows development. Follow Malvern Patch on Facebook and Twitter. At its Oct. 8 meeting, the board said Toll Brothers must meet eight conditions to move forward with the project: Applebrook Meadows, located near Bryn Mawr Rehab Hospital off Line Road, will eventually include 138 units in three phases. In 2011, the township approved the first phase of the development, which included 54 homes. Lighting waiver The board also approved a lighting waiver, allowing the developer to include less lighting than is required by township ordinance. The lighting will be consistent with phase one of…
Monday, October 8, 2012
Toll Brothers plans to build 139 luxury homes near the intersection of Line Road and Paoli Pike.
At its Monday night meeting, the Willistown Board of Supervisors is expected to vote on approval of the second phase of a large residential development on the township's western edge. Applebrook Meadows is a Toll Brothers development located off Line Road south of Paoli Pike. The full, three-phase development plan calls for 139 new units in a "luxury carriage home community," according to the Toll Brothers' website. Thirty-six of the homes have already sold. The Oct. 8 meeting will determine whether the project continues to expand to its planned size, according to the meeting agenda (PDF): In 2011, the board voted 2-0 to approve Phase I of the project, which included 54 homes, 36 of which have since sold. Supervisor Robert Lange abstained…
suzanne seltzer
4:06 pm on Saturday, March 2, 2013
....."The bottom line is, the PNDI site is very critical. The state of Pennsylvania recognizes there are rare and endangered or threatened species there. The township recognizes it's worth protecting.".... Well, the Township should have tabled the 1st Phase of this development in the first place. Don't you think the macadam, the homes and all the construction have already encroached on the PNDI … more ›