DevelopmentTuesday, November 10
Uwchlan supervisors reject a 492-home plan for Lionville Station Road
The West Chester Morning News team
If you've followed the Lionville Station Road saga, here's the latest: Uwchlan Township supervisors voted unanimously Nov. 4 to deny a zoning amendment and a tentative development plan from Rockwell Development Group. The plan covered 237 acres of Downingtown Area School District land and called for 462 age-restricted homes and 30 market-rate homes.
Board Chair Laura Obenski said the plan had strengths in recreation and preservation, but the financial burden on taxpayers fell short of what she needed to support a rezoning. Vice Chair Bill Miller said it was too many homes for the site.
Rockwell President Greg Lingo said the company was surprised and expects to return within 60 days with a plan that fits current zoning. Some neighbors are wary: members of Save Lionville Station Road had cautioned that a denial could clear the way for warehouses or data centers.
- Sale price: $64 million, contingent on the development
- Open space in the rejected plan: more than 100 acres
- Rockwell's meetings on the project: 112
- Industrial proposal: approximately 1.8 million square feet, on hold
The property has stalled before
- 2003Downingtown Area School District buys the land for approximately $22 million.
- 2024The district signs an agreement to sell the land to Rockwell.
- Nov. 4Uwchlan supervisors unanimously deny the zoning amendment and development plan.
Sources: VISTA.Today, MyChesCo
Sources: VISTA.Today, MyChesCo