An estate's 65 acres on Creek Road
are filed as 24 house lots.

An estate has filed a preliminary major subdivision for 451 Creek Road in Moorestown, proposing to divide 65.47 acres into 24 residential lots. The property is Block 8000, Lots 3, 4 and 5. The application went on the Township of Moorestown Planning Board's agenda as new business for its meeting of Thursday, September 3, at 7:00 PM at Moorestown Town Hall on West Second Street.

The subdivision is proposed to conform to the R-1 zoning district, and the applicant is not requesting any variances. That means the board is being asked to approve a subdivision the ordinance already allows on that property, rather than to make an exception to its own rules.

A variance is permission to depart from the zoning, and it is where a land application tends to slow down or stop: it has to be proved on its own, and it draws objection most often. This one was still an application when this was written, and the board can approve it, approve it with conditions, or send it back.

Twenty-four lots on 65 acres is a little under three acres each, which fits the town's zoning for that area. If you own land, its zoning is the first thing that sets how many lots it could be split into. If you are holding acreage, we can help you work through what yours allows.

An agenda item is an application, not an approval. Lot counts, acreage and hearing date are as filed and can change. Written by Justin Kelly, NJ Real Estate Broker-Salesperson, from the Moorestown Township Planning Board agenda.