Developers of the 7,000-acre Chatham Park project want to add six properties and 45 acres to the plan, which will require a public hearing on a rezoning request.

That public hearing of the Pittsboro Board of Commissioners takes place tonight at 7 at the Historic County Courthouse.

By a vote of 4-to-1, the Board approved the plan by Preston Developers back in June, after months of hearing comments from citizens, many of whom were opposed to the size of the project.

A local non-profit group called Pittsboro Matters took some credit for the re-opened rezoning process. In an email to local media, Pittsboro Matters claims that it is a direct result of a lawsuit filed in August against the Board of Commissioners for what the plaintiffs called “deficiencies” in that initial rezoning approval.

Speaking to public radio station WUNC recently, Tim Smith of Preston Development denied the lawsuit caused his company to seek new rezoning.

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