Developers are taking another swing at building a golf resort in East Quogue.
Lewis Road Residential Planned Development District, once known as The Hills, is back in front of the Southampton Town Planning Board, 27East reported. The project, from the Discovery Land Company, has been in the works for nearly a decade. Plans to develop the land date back even further.
Last year, the controversial golf course and residential project was approved by the Central Pine Barrens Commission, a key milestone. At the time, the developers planned for 118 homes, an 18-hole private golf course and other recreational facilities on 35 percent of the 588-acre site; the rest would remain open space.
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This year’s application has some changes and clarifies the home count, which remains at 118. According to 27East, they include eight clubhouse units, 15 village cottages, 53 village lots, 16 village estates, 26 woodland estates and 12 workforce housing units.
Open space would make up 73 percent of the project and is located in the Central Pine Barrens Overlay District and an aquifer protection area. Other features include a recreational complex, fitness center, community pool and clubhouse, all reserved for residents.
Resistance to the project remains. Last week, a resolution from the planning board deemed the latest application “not in compliance with the conditions of the preliminary approval.” Planners created a checklist for the developers, which could result in a work session in the coming weeks.
The Lewis Road Residential Planned Development is located near Spinney Road, running north to and past Sunrise Highway.
[27East] — Holden Walter-Warner