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PRELIMINARY PLAN APPROVAL
To: Lucas Schall, LCS Development: LucasSchall@LCSLiving.com
Phil Norris, Norris & Bland Consulting Engineers: pnorris@nbengr.com
From: Zach Dickerson, Senior Planner
Date: January 15, 2026
Subject: Porters Neck Village Residential Development – Preliminary Plan Approval
The preliminary plan for Porters Neck Village Redevelopment has been approved by the Technical
Review Committee (TRC). The approved plan consists of the buildout of buildings 5-9 and 10 of the
approved Special Use Permit, S-603M (PID# R03700-002-002-002, R03700-002-011-000, R03700-002-
012-000, R03700-002-013-000, R03700-002-014-000, & R03700-002-015-000). These buildings are
noted as Phase 2 on the approved SUP plan, but do not include building 11. There is also an
approved greenhouse/amenity building on the site, approved as part of a minor deviation, attached
to this letter. This approval is valid for two years unless a building permit application for all or a
portion of the project is submitted to the County. The approved preliminary plan is enclosed.
The site was approved under SUP modification S-603M. The site has the following two (2) conditions:
1. Other than the parking area adjacent to Building 4, all regulated trees within 30 feet of the
northern property boundary in the project expansion area will be preserved, except as
otherwise provided for in UDO Section 5.3.8 (Removal of Hazardous Trees).
2. The proposed stormwater detention facilities serving the post-development runoff for any
net increase in impervious surface area within this modification must be designed to
accommodate a 100-year storm event.
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The TRC Preliminary Plan Approval allows the project to move forward with the next step in the
development process. The project may be subject to additional regulations of the County’s
development ordinances and applicants are responsible for obtaining all applicable permits and
approvals under any law, regulation, or requirement of any other federal, state, or local government
or regulatory agency. This includes but is not limited to:
• A Tree Removal Permit from New Hanover County Planning & Land Use.
• New Hanover County Engineering for any required land disturbance and stormwater permits.
• CFPUA on water and sewer utility permits and approvals.
• Construction plans must also be approved through Planning & Land Use and Engineering.
Construction plans must be approved prior to full site work taking place on the property.
If you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact me at (910) 798-7450 or
zdickerson@nhcgov.com.
Sincerely,
Zach Dickerson
Senior Planner
cc: TRC (Fire Services, Engineering, CFPUA, NCDOT)
Enclosure
Northside Baptist Church PD Minor Deviation Determination
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To: Lucas Schall, LCS Development
From: Zach Dickerson, Senior Planner
Date: January 13, 2026
Subject: Porters Neck Village Minor Deviation Determination Letter
Mr. Schall,
New Hanover County received a site plan for the Porters Neck Village for review. This plan showed
several multi-family buildings and a 1,658 square foot amenity center/greenhouse, which was not
shown on the approved plans as part of Special Use Permit update S-603M.
Under provision 10.3.5.C.7.b.3 in the New Hanover County Unified Development Ordinance (UDO),
minor deviations are allowed for sites with an approved Special Use Permit, allowing for a maximum
10% increase in commercial space on the site.
On the approved plan from the Special Use Permit, there are three commercial buildings shown.
These include a 6,092 sq ft maintenance building, 1,590 sq ft hobby shop and a 6,316 sq ft dining
building expansion. Altogether, the approved commercial space totaled 13,998 sq ft, rounded up to
14,000 for the sake of ease of math. The 10% maximum increase in commercial space allowed under
Minor Deviations, Section 10.3.5.C.7.b.3, would potentially allow for a total of 1,400 square feet of
commercial space to be added to the site.
Looking through the attached building permits (attached), the buildings were built to slightly different
dimensions. These are shown in the table below:
PNV19: Gross Area (sf)
Maintenance 5,819 Shop 1,382
Dining Exp1 6,512
Total 13,713
Northside Baptist Church PD Minor Deviation Determination
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While the maintenance building and hobby shop were built under the approved square footage, the
dining hall expansion was built over the approved square footage. This leaves a square footage gap
of 282 sq ft.
After internal discussion, staff came to the conclusion that this gap could be added to the allowable
10% addition of commercial space from the minor deviation. The maximum allowable extra
commercial space on the site totals 1,682 sq ft.
Because the greenhouse and amenity center are proposed at 1,658 sq ft, this comes in under the
maximum allowable additional commercial square footage, and thus is allowed as a minor deviation
under the aforementioned provision in the UDO.
If you have any questions I can be reached at (910) 798-7450 or by email at zdickerson@nhcgov.com.
Thank you,
Zach Dickerson, Senior Planner