New Jersey approves a flood permit
for a 204-home plan on Buck Road.
By Justin Kelly
NJ Real Estate Broker-Salesperson
New Jersey approved a flood hazard permit on August 28 for Silvergate Phase II at 240 Buck Road in Elk Township. The state's bulletin describes the project as 204 single-family detached homes.
What was reported
- On August 28, the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection approved a flood permit for Silvergate Phase II at 240 Buck Road, Elk Township
- The department's bulletin describes the project as 204 single-family detached homes, with roads, utilities and stormwater facilities
The story
The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection approved a flood hazard permit on August 28 for Silvergate Phase II at 240 Buck Road in Elk Township, Gloucester County. The department's bulletin describes the project as 204 single-family detached homes, with the roads, utilities and stormwater management facilities that go with them. The application went in on February 27, so the state's review took six months.
This state permit is not the only approval the project needs. By the bulletin's own definition, work in a floodway, a floodplain or a riparian zone (the land along a stream) needs a flood hazard permit or a flood hazard verification. The state's listing shows this project got both. Neither one approves the subdivision, meaning how the land is split into home lots. That decision belongs to Elk Township.
Silvergate was laid out as one large neighborhood under a single plan. Township records show that plan was approved in 1996. In 2020 the township board reviewed a redevelopment plan titled "The Village of Still Run (formerly Silvergate)." Earlier Silvergate phases have come before the board as their own applications over the years.
On June 17, Elk Township's combined planning and zoning board took up Silvergate Phase 2 at 240 Buck Road, only to check whether the application was complete. On the tax map, the land is Block 63, Lots 2.01 and 2.02, and Block 68, Lot 7.02. The application asks for both rounds of township approval, preliminary and final, for the site plan and for splitting the land into lots. The board engineer's letter said one document was missing, a redevelopment agreement, so the application was incomplete.
The 204 figure comes from the state bulletin. The township minutes we read give no home count, and the bulletin names no builder, prices or schedule.
This page reports a state flood hazard permit and the township's June paperwork check. Neither record is a township approval, and nothing here is a sales announcement. Permits, plans and timing can change. Written by Justin Kelly, NJ Real Estate Broker-Salesperson, from the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection DEP Bulletin.
What to know
Elk Township's board, not the state, decides how the land is split into home lots. The public can speak when the application comes back before the board. Own a home or land along Buck Road? We can tell you what it is worth.
