The Escambia County Development Review Committee met April 29 with a stack of paperwork that tracks the next wave of subdivisions and site plans pushing through the unincorporated county. The committee handles plat approvals and construction plan reviews — the procedural steps before vertical construction begins.
Three projects sat at the final review stage. Hunters Oak Subdivision, a 50-lot development at 7920 Hilburn Road in District 3, came up for final construction-plan review. Two filings for Seminole West appeared together — a preliminary plat and a construction plan for the same 22-lot project at the 10700 block of Beulah Road in District 1.
Eight additional projects entered initial staff review on the same agenda, a stage flagged on the document as staff-only with no public meeting.
Initial-review projects
Hamilton Hall Townhomes, planned at 7722 Kipling Street in District 4, filed both a preliminary plat and construction plan for a 36-lot site. The Grandison Project at 1621 Lepley Road in District 3 entered as a minor subdivision. A Hwy 99 minor subdivision at the 8500 block of Highway 99 in District 5 listed 11 lots.
Makaira West Subdivision at 2691 West Roberts Road in District 5 filed for final-plat status with 60 lots — the largest single project on the agenda. The PKH Project at 14125 Perdido Key in District 1 filed a site plan. An Annette Street minor subdivision at 5915 Annette Street in District 2 listed 5 lots, and McDaniel Temporary Storage at 198 N. Old Corry Field Road in District 2 submitted a site plan for a storage facility.
What the numbers add up to
The lot counts disclosed in the agenda total 184 across the cycle. That figure does not capture every unit that may eventually be built — some filings without a lot count, like the McDaniel storage facility and the Perdido Key PKH site plan, will not produce residential units. Townhome and multifamily projects can produce more living spaces than disclosed lot counts suggest, depending on final site plans.
Geographically, the agenda touches every commission district. District 5 carries the largest combined lot count in the cycle thanks to Makaira West's 60 lots and the 11-lot Hwy 99 filing. Districts 1, 2, 3 and 4 each have one or more projects in the queue. The agenda lists no pre-application meetings.
Final approvals for these projects do not flow through a public vote at the DRC. Where rezoning is needed, projects move separately through the Planning Board and the Board of County Commissioners. The Planning Board holds its next rezoning hearing May 5 with three cases on the agenda, none of them associated with the projects on the DRC list.