Since the start of 2025 the Town of Weddington has approved a run of new residential subdivisions, and the largest one carrying a published lot count is 27 lots. Over the same stretch the town denied a 62-lot subdivision on Weddington Road, and a 37-lot application at the corner of Providence Road and Rea Road has been sitting since its August public hearing without a recorded vote in the minutes. Those figures come off the town’s own development projects table and its council minutes and packets, which I opened and read on September 18, 2026.
If you’re shopping for new homes in Weddington from out of state, that record tells you more than any listing feed will, because it tells you what’s actually coming and at what scale. Below you’ll get what the town approved and when, what it turned down and the reasons it put in writing, the other three projects still moving right now, and the zoning rules that keep every lot around an acre. I’ll also show you the one thing in the file I couldn’t resolve, and what it does and doesn’t mean.
16 min read | By Steve Jarrell | Living in South Charlotte | Updated September 18, 2026
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What This Story Covers
- The short answer on new homes in Weddington
- What the town has approved since 2025
- What the town turned down, and why
- The 37-lot decision the minutes do not record
- What is still moving through the pipeline
- Why is every lot about an acre?
- What this means if you want to buy new here
The short answer on new homes in Weddington
Yes, Weddington is still building, and it’s building in small batches. The subdivisions the council has approved since January 2025 that carry a published lot count run from 5 lots to 27, and they’re custom and semi-custom builders on lots of roughly an acre and up, not national production builders putting two hundred homes on quarter-acre lots. The last time somebody brought the council a plan for more than 60 homes, it said no and wrote down four reasons.
That’s the whole pattern in a sentence. It’s also why you’ll pull up Weddington on a portal and see almost no new inventory, then look at Waxhaw or Indian Trail twenty minutes away and see plenty. The difference isn’t demand. It’s what each town’s rulebook and council will let a builder do with a piece of ground.
The Short Answer
If you want new construction in Weddington, you’ll find it in small, low-density subdivisions rather than large ones. The town approves them regularly, but the ones it cleared since January 2025 top out at 27 lots, the largest application on the recent record was denied, and the second largest has no recorded vote.
The key numbers you need, Town of Weddington, January 2025 through September 18, 2026 (sources: Town of Weddington development projects table, town council minutes and packets, Weddington Unified Development Ordinance):
- 27 lots: the largest approval with a published lot count since January 2025, Windsor Farms on Hemby Road, approved March 10, 2025
- 12 lots: the Keystone approval on Forest Lawn Drive (March 9, 2026). The Elysian approval on Deal Road (February 10, 2025) passed at 11 lots, though the town table still lists 12
- 62 lots: the Deal Lake application on Weddington Road, denied May 12, 2025
- 37 lots: the Grandview application at Providence and Rea, public hearing held August 10, 2026, no vote recorded in the draft minutes
- 40,000 square feet: the minimum lot size in the R-40 district, about 0.92 of an acre
- 20 percent: the minimum common open space the ordinance requires of a conventional major subdivision, against 50 percent of net acreage for a conservation subdivision
| Project | Size and status | Source document |
|---|---|---|
| Elysian, Deal Road | 11 lots approved February 10, 2025, listed as 12 on the town table | Council minutes, February 10, 2025 |
| Windsor Farms, Hemby Road | 27 lots on 36 acres, conservation, approved March 10, 2025 | Town project table, CZ ordinance linked |
| Weddington Grove, Forest Lawn Drive | 5-lot minor subdivision, approved June 18, 2025 | Town project table, final plat linked |
| Arya, Ennis Road | Approved June 9, 2025, lot count not published on the table | Town project table |
| Keystone, 3009 Forest Lawn Drive | 12 lots on about 16 acres, conservation, approved March 9, 2026 | Town project table, CZ Ordinance 2026-01 |
| Deal Lake, 610 Weddington Road | 62 lots on 167 acres, application denied May 12, 2025 | Council minutes, May 12, 2025 |
| Grandview, Providence and Rea | 37 lots on 78 acres, hearing held August 10, 2026, no vote in the draft minutes | Council packet, September 14, 2026 |
I went in expecting a town that says no to everything, because that’s the reputation Weddington has with builders I talk to. That’s not what the file shows. The council approved something in February, March and June of 2025 and again in March of 2026. What it hasn’t approved in years is anything big. So if you’re moving here and you want new construction, your question isn’t whether Weddington will let a builder build. It’s how many lots that builder is going to get.
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What the town has approved since 2025
The Town of Weddington publishes a running table of every development project it has handled since 2017, with the approval date and, for recent conditional zonings, a link to the ordinance itself. You can read it on the town’s development projects page, and I would encourage it, because almost nothing about Weddington development gets written up anywhere else.
Here’s what that table shows for the current stretch. In February 2025 the council approved Elysian, a conventional subdivision by Keystone Custom Homes on Deal Road. The town’s project table lists it at 12 lots. The minutes of that meeting record the plan cut to 11 to meet buffer requirements, and the motion that passed was for 11, so 11 is the number I would trust. A month later it approved Windsor Farms, a 27-lot conservation subdivision by Classica Homes on 36 acres at 5207 and 5215 Hemby Road. In June it cleared Arya, off Ennis Road, and a 5-lot minor subdivision called Weddington Grove on Forest Lawn Drive. Then in March 2026 it approved another Keystone project, a 12-lot conservation subdivision on roughly 16 acres at 3009 Forest Lawn Drive, recorded as CZ Ordinance 2026-01.
Look at the sizes: 11, 27, 5, 12. That’s the shape of new construction in this town. Windsor Farms is the biggest of them with a published lot count, and 36 acres for 27 homes runs well under one home per acre once you take out the required open space. A builder who moves 150 homes a year doesn’t build here, because there’s nowhere to put them.
That helps you on resale. When a town adds a dozen homes at a time instead of two hundred, you never hit the quarter where forty nearly identical houses list at once and compete with each other. Our write-up on daily life in Weddington covers the lifestyle side of that tradeoff, and our look at Elmbrook shows how one existing neighborhood feels on the ground.
What the town turned down, and why
On May 12, 2025 the council took up CZ2025-03, Toll Brothers Weddington Crossing, listed on the town table as Deal Lake at 610 Weddington Road. Town Planner Gregory Gordos described it in the minutes as a 62-lot conventional subdivision on 167 acres, roughly 0.37 dwelling units per acre, with three points of ingress and egress onto Weddington Road and a 100-foot thoroughfare buffer. The Planning Board had recommended approval with conditions. There was also an eagle nest on the property carrying a 660-foot protection radius where no development is allowed.
The minutes record the outcome in one line: “The motion failed with a 3-2 vote: Councilmembers Howie and Perryman voted in favor, Councilmember Ladner and Mayor Pro Tem Smith voted opposed. Mayor Bell broke the tie with an opposing vote.”
Then the council did something worth your attention. It adopted a written statement of reasonableness and consistency giving four grounds, all of them land use policy rather than taste: inconsistent with Conservation Goal 3 for proposing grading and clearing of environmentally sensitive areas; with Land Use Policy LU2.3 and Conservation Policy C3.3 on erosion and stormwater runoff creating risk to neighboring properties; with the town’s goal of preserving natural assets, on the grounds that it threatens the habitat of federally protected endangered wildlife; and with Conservation Policy C3.2, which limits development to land with suitable soil and topography.
Toll Brothers had offered to cut its requested vested rights period from five years to two, and its representative John Floyd told the council many of the items it wanted had in fact been submitted. That didn’t carry the room, and what the council raised is worth your attention. Mayor Pro Tem Tom Smith cited the lack of a septic plan and stormwater calculations, and Mayor Jim Bell raised the vested rights request and the absence of a Union County arborist verification on the tree survey.
It isn’t the only denial you will find on that table. A mixed-use rezoning called Weddington Green, at Providence Road and Weddington Road, is recorded as denied on May 9, 2022, and a conditional zoning amendment at 13700 Providence Road is recorded simply as denied. Four more, including a Pulte project called Haven Estates and one from Jones Homes at Rea and Providence, are marked withdrawn or canceled before they ever reached a vote.
The 37-lot decision the minutes do not record
The biggest thing in front of Weddington right now is Grandview, formerly Belleview, a 37-lot conventional subdivision proposed by Signature Properties of the Carolinas on a 78-acre vacant wooded parcel at the northwest corner of Providence Road and Rea Road. The council held its public hearing on August 10, 2026, and the draft minutes are printed in the council packet for September 14, 2026. You can pull both from the town’s agendas and minutes page.
The case for it, as staff put it: interim planner Lela Ijames of Centralina told the council the plan meets or exceeds every applicable standard in the ordinance, sets aside about 32.5 percent of the parcel as open space against a 20 percent minimum, keeps lots between 1 and 1.5 acres, and preserves stream buffers and tree-save areas. NCDOT found no traffic impact analysis was required and approved an emergency-only secondary access onto Rea Road in place of a full second entrance.
The Planning Board recommended approval after two meetings, and staff called it consistent with the Future Land Use Plan. Developer Mel Graham described a gated entry, a central green with a gazebo, a walking trail system and perimeter fencing, and said grading would be held to roads and stormwater retention.
Now the other side of it, and you should hear this in their words rather than mine.
The case against it, from residents who spoke: Clayton Jones told the council the tree survey identified 93 heritage trees inside the area marked for disturbance and that only 12 are proposed to be preserved, and he questioned whether that ratio was enough.
Chad Emerine asked the council to table the application, listing six items he said were missing or inconsistent with the ordinance. Among them: the NCDOT letter doesn’t state that a permanent second entrance on Rea Road can’t be approved, two intermittent streams appear to carry 30-foot buffers where he reads Section 58-520 to require 50 feet, the tree inventory was a sample rather than a complete one, and no sewer approval letter or modeling was included.
The applicant answered some of that on the record. Engineer Brent Cowan and Mr. Graham said NCDOT confirmed no traffic study was needed because the project generates an estimated 336 daily vehicle trips, under the 500-trip daily and 50-trip peak-hour thresholds. On the trees, they said the 93 in the disturbance area are only a portion of the total, and that 676 or more heritage trees sit in the undisturbed open space and won’t be touched.
Here’s the part I couldn’t resolve. The draft minutes record the hearing, the discussion and the town attorney explaining what a conditional zoning approval would grant. They don’t record a motion, and they don’t record a vote. The two sub-items that would carry the outcome record no action either. Under adoption of Ordinance CZ-2026-03 the minutes read: “No separate discussion was recorded for this sub-item beyond the broader deliberation under Item 12.A.” Under the statement of reasonableness and consistency: “No separate discussion was recorded for this sub-item.” The town’s project table still shows Grandview with a blank approval date while every approved project beside it carries one.
What that establishes is narrow, so let me be precise. As of September 18, 2026 the town hasn’t published a recorded vote or an adopted ordinance for Grandview. That doesn’t establish the project was approved, that it was denied, or that anything improper happened. These are draft minutes, and they sat on the September 14, 2026 consent agenda for approval, which is exactly when a gap like this normally gets closed. If you’re buying near that intersection, call the town at 704-846-2709 and ask what the council actually did on CZ-2026-03 rather than take a number off any website, mine included.
This is the kind of thing you only find by opening the packet. Every story I could find about that corner says a 37-lot subdivision was proposed. None of them say what happened at the hearing, and when I went to the source to settle it, the source doesn’t say either. That’s not a scandal and I’m not going to dress it up as one. It’s a reminder that in a town running on borrowed planning help the paperwork lags the decisions, and if you need certainty you’ll have to phone the town rather than read about it.
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Beyond Grandview, three more projects are live right now, and none of them is large. Here’s where each one stands.
The Estates at Weddington, formerly Weddington Park, came to the council on July 13, 2026 from NBI Investments. The minutes describe a 12-lot subdivision on about 23 acres at 3832 Twelve Mile Creek Road, across from Weddington schools: 11 new lots around an existing 12,000-square-foot home that would be kept and offered for sale, every lot roughly an acre or more with the largest near 1.75 acres, every home a minimum of 8,000 square feet, and a gated entry. The presenter put the anticipated price point above $8,000,000. No action was taken that night, and if that number surprises you, it tells you who these builders think they’re selling to.
Morris Farm sits on the table as a conventional 46-lot subdivision at 5017 Weddington Matthews Road, with an environmental report, a traffic study and a January 2026 plan set posted, and no approval date. If it clears at that size it’d be the largest Weddington approval in years, so I’d watch it.
And on the September 14, 2026 agenda, the council scheduled an initial presentation from Copper Builders for a subdivision called Maple Gate on parcel 06147008A. An initial presentation is the first step, not a decision, and no plans for it were in the packet.
One more thing about the pipeline tells you something about the town. On August 10, 2026 the council directed its new town administrator to start finding a part-time planner, the mayor calling it an immediate need given the staffing situation and an active development pipeline. In the draft August 10 minutes carried in that September 14 packet, the update from the town planner reads: “No update was presented, as the town is currently operating with interim planning assistance through Centralina.” That same agenda carries items to hire a town planner and a permit technician. A town reviewing 78-acre rezonings with borrowed staff moves slowly, and that’s part of your answer on timing.
Why is every lot about an acre?
Because the ordinance says so, and you can read it yourself. The Weddington Unified Development Ordinance sets a minimum lot size of 40,000 square feet in R-40, about 0.92 of an acre. R-60 requires 60,000 square feet, roughly 1.38 acres. R-80 requires 80,000, about 1.84 acres. There’s no conventional residential district in Weddington where a builder can put homes on quarter-acre lots, and that one fact drives most of what you see.
Two more rules do most of the remaining work. Any conventional major subdivision has to set aside a minimum of 20 percent of its gross area, excluding required buffers along thoroughfares, as common open space, and a conservation subdivision has to keep 50 percent of its net acreage as conservation land. Minor subdivisions are exempt. And a subdivision containing more than 15 lots has to provide two points of ingress and egress onto an adjoining public road.
That 15-lot line explains more about local plans than anything else in the book. It’s why the Estates at Weddington came in at 12 lots with a single entrance, and why the Grandview access arrangement took up so much of the August hearing. Put the three together, an acre minimum, a fifth of the land in open space, and a second road above 15 lots, and a 78-acre parcel gives you 37 homes rather than 300.
Sewer is the quiet constraint under all of it. At the July meeting the Estates applicant said water is available at the site but sewer is only nearby, that an easement is being pursued, and that a treatment plant in the area may be several years from completion. One objection at the Grandview hearing was that no conditional sewer approval letter was in the packet and no sewer modeling had been done. If you’ve been following the wastewater capacity question in Union County, this is the same story arriving at a specific piece of ground.
What this means if you want to buy new here
Set your expectations to the supply. Weddington adds a few dozen new lots a year across three or four small subdivisions, so the odds the exact house you want is finished and empty the day you’re ready are low. Plan on buying a build slot from a custom or semi-custom builder, or buying an existing home. Both take longer than walking a model home and picking a lot, so start earlier than you think.
Budget accordingly. A 27-lot conservation subdivision on 36 acres isn’t priced like a production neighborhood, because the land cost per home is much higher and the builders working here build custom. For a sense of where the whole market sits, our South Charlotte price update has current numbers, and our Waxhaw and Weddington comparison is the one to read if you are weighing the two.
Widen the map before you rule anything out. If floor plan choice and a shorter timeline matter more than an acre of land, Waxhaw, Indian Trail and Indian Land have far more of both. If the acre is the point, the small scale isn’t a bug you’re working around. It’s the thing you’re buying.
And check the specifics before you commit. School assignment here is verified only on the district’s own live boundary tool, not on a listing site and not on this page. Confirm in writing whether a lot is on septic or carries a sewer commitment. If somebody tells you a subdivision is approved, ask for the ordinance number and date, then look it up on the town project table. I just did that exercise on seven projects and two of them did not have the answer I expected.
Frequently Asked Questions About New Homes in Weddington
Are new subdivisions being built in Weddington, NC?
Yes, though not at the scale you may be picturing. The Town of Weddington approved subdivisions in February, March and June of 2025 and again in March of 2026, ranging from 5 lots to 27 lots. Three more projects were moving through review as of September 18, 2026: Grandview at Providence and Rea, the Estates at Weddington on Twelve Mile Creek Road, and Morris Farm on Weddington Matthews Road.
Why is there so little new construction in Weddington, NC?
Two reasons, and both are written down. The zoning ordinance sets minimum lot sizes of 40,000 to 80,000 square feet and requires 20 percent common open space in a conventional major subdivision and 50 percent conservation land in a conservation subdivision, so a given parcel yields far fewer homes for you to choose from than it would in a neighboring town. And the town council has denied the largest applications that came before it, including a 62-lot subdivision on May 12, 2025.
What are the minimum lot sizes and zoning rules in Weddington, NC?
The Weddington Unified Development Ordinance sets a 40,000 square foot minimum in the R-40 district, about 0.92 of an acre, 60,000 square feet in R-60 and 80,000 square feet in R-80, so whichever district your lot sits in, expect roughly an acre or more. Any conventional major subdivision must dedicate at least 20 percent of its gross area as common open space, any conservation subdivision must keep 50 percent of its net acreage as conservation land, and any subdivision with more than 15 lots must provide two points of ingress and egress onto a public road.
Does the Town of Weddington turn down developers?
Sometimes, and it puts the reasons in writing where you can read them. The town denied a 62-lot subdivision on Weddington Road on May 12, 2025 and adopted a written statement citing four conflicts with its land use plan: grading of environmentally sensitive areas, erosion and stormwater risk, habitat of federally protected wildlife, and soil and topography. A mixed use rezoning was denied on May 9, 2022, and several other projects were withdrawn before a vote. The town has also approved eight subdivisions since January 2025, four of them conditional zonings and four of them minor subdivisions.
What is the process for new construction approvals in Weddington, NC?
A builder typically makes an initial concept presentation to the town council, holds a community meeting that you can attend, goes through Planning Board review, then returns for a public hearing and a conditional zoning vote by the council. If it passes, the council adopts a conditional zoning ordinance and a statement of reasonableness and consistency. Approved projects and their ordinance numbers are listed on the town development projects page.
How does Weddington compare to Waxhaw for new homes?
Waxhaw has substantially more new construction and a wider range of price points and lot sizes, because its rules allow higher density than the Weddington minimum lot standards do. Weddington gives you larger lots and much smaller subdivisions. If you want an acre and a quiet street, Weddington tends to win. If you want choice and a faster move in date, Waxhaw has more of both.
About the Author
I’m Steve Jarrell, team lead of The Longleaf Group, a team at eXp Realty, and I co-lead it with my wife Amanda. I work this corner of Union County every week, which for a story like this one mostly means reading council packets nobody else opens. Before real estate I led Paradym, a marketing technology platform built for real estate professionals, and the company was acquired by Constellation Software in 2020. The habit that came out of that work is a low tolerance for a number with no document behind it.
If you’re weighing Weddington against Waxhaw, Marvin or Fort Mill, or you want to know which small subdivision has lots left, I’m glad to talk it through with no pitch attached. You can reach me at 704-774-7170 or read more at my bio page.
How we sourced this
Every figure here came from a primary document I opened on September 18, 2026: the Town of Weddington development projects and subdivisions table; the council agenda and 51-page packet for September 14, 2026, which carries the draft August 10, 2026 minutes; the council minutes for July 13, 2026; the scanned council minutes for May 12, 2025; the August 10, 2026 agenda; and the Weddington Unified Development Ordinance dated August 2025, all posted on the town agendas and minutes page.
Two things were dropped rather than published. Arya, approved June 9, 2025, carries no lot count on the town table, so it is left out of every size claim above. And a widely repeated figure for the number of homes in the 2022 Weddington Green proposal could not be tied to a town document in this run, so that denial is reported with its date and nothing more. Statements by residents at the August 10 hearing are reported as what those residents said, not as findings, and nothing here states a school assignment, because assignment is confirmed only on the district live boundary tool.
Last updated: September 18, 2026