Toll Brothers Submits New Proposal For Rt. 413 Property

NEWTOWN TOWNSHIP, PA — Toll Brothers has submitted a new application for a residential development on a 152-acre parcel at Rt. 413 and Twining Bridge Road, near the cemetery and the township municipal building.

The application for a 41-unit residential development was submitted this week, according to Township Manager Micah Lewis. It has not yet been scheduled for a review during a public meeting.

The conditional use application seeks permission to construct the 41-unit residential development. Conditional use approval is required because they are proposing to use a cluster option when configuring the development, Lewis explained.

The application includes an onsite wastewater treatment facility, Lewis confirmed.

Toll has also submitted a second application for a minor subdivision plan for the same property. That application consolidates the various parcels that make up the property, and then subdivides a portion for Toll Brothers to retain. In that application, a portion will be retained by the cemetery.

Last year, an informal proposal from Toll Brothers to construct more than 170 residential units on the property was overwhelmingly opposed by township residents in attendance at the public meeting.

That plan would have required a zoning amendment. The current residential plan is for a "by-right" use, which means the current zoning allows for such a development.