College Station city council votes 5-2 against rezoning land to build nearly 900 new homes

This podcast contains comments from the November 13, 2025 College Station city council meeting.The College Station city council votes five to two against a zoning change to build nearly 900 homes on land surrounded by three existing subdivisions.The land south of Greens Prairie Road near fire station #7 that is under construction is bordered by the Greens Prairie Reserve, Sweetwater, and Woodlake Estates subdivisions.Homeowners in those adjacent neighborhoods took up most of the 90 minutes during public comments listing their opposition.Reasons given council members who opposed the rezoning included the proposed development had greater density than the adjacent neighborhoods, there was no guarantee the new homes would remain owner-occupied and supporting the unanimous denial by the planning and zoning commission.The property is currently zoned rural, which requires larger lots and dimensional standards for single-family homes. The council majority denied the applicant's request for general suburban zoning that would have reduced lot sizes that would have allowed more homes to be built.Voting against the rezoning were David White, Melissa McIlhaney, Bob Yancy, Scott Shafer, and John Nichols.Voting for the motion to change rezoning to a combination of general suburban and restricted suburban were William Wright and Mark Smith.Click HERE to read and download background information from the city of College Station.Click HERE to read and download maps that were shown at the November 13, 2025 city council meeting of the proposed development from homebuilder D.R. Horton.