The Peachtree City Planning Commission is set to consider at Monday night's regular meeting a conceptual plan for a new development on Ga. Highway 74 South that would bring with it some welcome road improvements.

A developer has submitted a plan for 254 homes on 150 acres of the Black property, according to city planner David Rast, and the developer wants to build an extension of Holly Grove that would connect it with Hwy. 74.

The property in question has been the subject of litigation in the past concerning its possible uses, Rast said. The site for the proposed development is just south of the Flat Creek bridge.

The developer also is proposing an eventual realignment of Rockaway Road, since he owns property on the west side of Hwy. 74 as well, Rast said.

A potential commercial development is being mentioned for the east side of the highway where the Holly Grove Road extension would come out. That would be a smaller, neighborhood-type center rather than something on the scope of the Braelinn Village shopping center, Rast said, and would require a rezoning at a later date.

The conceptual site plan for the first phase of the Huddleston property (Home Depot) on Ga. Highway 54 West, which was tabled at the last meeting, will not be revisited until the Nov. 8 meeting, according to Rast. The developers have been sent a letter outlining what issues need to be addressed before they can go forward.

A revised conceptual site plan is on the agenda for Monday night concerning the Barrow retail center, which was denied at the last meeting. Concerns about a large tree which would have been cut down, along with parking and square footage parameters, have been addressed by the city and may have been worked out to the satisfaction of all parties concerned, Rast said.

The landscape plan for McIntosh High School's new practice field is up for discussion again, and it appears to be moving rather smoothly. Another issue concerning the school is the lack of a detention pond, but that could be remedied with a proposal to put a pond near the stadium.

It has not been a major problem, Rast said, but it came to light when construction began on the new practice field.

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