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Sheffield Farms Proposal Returns to Planning Commission

A virtual neighborhood meeting about the project is slated for Jan. 8 from 6 to 7 p.m. via Zoom. It then goes to the Planning Commission on Jan. 14.

Wes Platt

Wes Platt

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Sheffield Farms Proposal Returns to Planning Commission
The proposed M/I Homes project at 8722 Farrington Mill Road could bring as many as 702 homes to South Durham. Source: Morningstar Law Group.

The Durham Planning Commission is set to once again consider a proposal from M/I Homes to develop about 218 acres west of Farrington Mill Road into hundreds of new houses.

The Sheffield Farms project, originally conceived with a maximum of 950 units is now reduced to 702. A virtual neighborhood meeting about the project is slated for Jan. 8 from 6 to 7 p.m. via Zoom. It then goes to the Planning Commission on Jan. 14.

M/I Homes wants to annex the property into the Durham city limits and rezone from residential rural to planned development residential.

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