Wednesday, January 9, 2013
The Planning Commission will be the first to review the plans for the proposed mobile home park at the Newtown Swim Club. It is not known yet if the applicant is seeking waivers or variances, Solicitor Jeffrey Garton said.
Plans for a mobile home park at the Newtown Swim Club site will likely come before the Newtown Township Planning Commission on Feb. 5, officials announced at Wednesday's Board of Supervisors meeting. The Planning Commission, an advisory board, meets at 7:30 p.m. at the township Administration Building. Swim Club owner David Platt is working with County Builders to create a residential development on the 16.6-acre property on Newtown-Yardley Road once the club closes after this summer. According to Newtown Township Manager Kurt Ferguson, the application to create a 56-pad mobile home park will go through the typical development process. That process begins with a review by the Planning Commission, which will make recommendations on the …
Friday, January 4, 2013
A proposal for a 56-pad trailer park at the Newtown Swim Club has generated a buzz around town.
A proposal for a 56-pad mobile home park at the Newtown Swim Club has generated a buzz on Newtown Patch. The swim club is closing after this summer and owner David Platt is working with County Builders to create a residential development on the 16.6-acre property. The current plan submitted to the township is for a trailer park just 30 feet from the Headly and Wiltshire Walk communities. More than 50 people commented on a story about the proposal that was posted to Newtown Patch on Thursday afternoon. Many of those comments expressed concerns that the mobile home park would drive down property values. "This is very disappointing. I chose to live in Newtown for a reason. If I wanted to live near a trailer park, I would not have chosen …
Thursday, January 3, 2013
County Builders has submitted a plan for a 56-pad mobile home park in Newtown Township.
A 56-pad mobile home park just 30 feet from Headly and Wiltshire Walk has been proposed for the Newtown Swim Club site in Newtown Township. The swim club is closing after this summer and owner David Platt is working with County Builders to create a residential development on the 16.6-acre property. The application that has been submitted to Newtown Township for the mobile home park comes after a plan for townhomes was shot down by the Board of Supervisors. The application for a mobile home park will come before the township’s Planning Board later this month or early next month, Board of Supervisors chairman Mike Gallagher said. In November, Platt came before the township Board of Supervisors with a plan for 52 townhomes on the property. …
Monday, August 6, 2012
David Platt, owner of the Newtown Swim Club, is working on revisions to a plan that was expected to bring more than 60 townhomes to the club's site.
David Platt, the owner of the Newtown Swim club, is working on making revisions to the planned 64 townhome development a local builder wanted to construct at the site of the club in Newtown Township. Recently, township supervisors vowed to fight Platt’s proposed sale of the nearly 17 acre club. Platt, who is sick with cancer, is reported by the Bucks County Courier Times to have a “handshake agreement” to sell the club property on Newtown Yardley Road to County Builders. Platt went to the board in July to request a zoning change for the property that would allow 64 townhomes to built at the site, the paper reported. The zoning change request "allows more units per acre adjoining the borough because it is more consistent with the borough’…
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6:33 pm on Thursday, January 24, 2013
Nrwtown Guy, U R wrong on both counts. The Park that never should have been built could be fixed, It is about time that the Board is treating builders like the money grubbing creeps that they are, the builder is the arrogant one just look at his past, The owner as a big polictical donor, expected special treatment and did not get it. look at the developments in the past withall their variances … more ›