A 50-home neighborhood planned for land that once belonged to Meadows Baptist Church in east Plano moved another step forward on Nov. 2, when the Plano Planning and Zoning Commission approved a preliminary replat for the site (via Community Impact). The homes would go on the northern part of a roughly 27-acre church property, across the street from Plano East Senior High School.
The city's posted agenda for that meeting shows the project split into two public hearing items. One was a preliminary replat and revised site plan for Meadows Baptist Church Addition, Block 1, Lot 1R, which redraws the church's own lot now that the north end is changing use. The other was a preliminary replat for a subdivision named Meadows Brook Residential, laid out across four blocks labeled A through D. Community Impact reported that the commission approved the new church boundaries along with the residential replat.
Lot sizes stay fairly consistent. City documents cited by Community Impact put the lots between about 7,000 square feet and a little over 10,000 square feet, with the largest at 10,063 square feet. Earlier coverage of the zoning case said most lots would be 7,000 square feet, end-of-block lots would be about 9,000 square feet, and the larger lots are planned with three-car garages.
The plan also carries a buffer along the western edge of the property: a 20-foot-wide landscape strip, an 8-foot metal fence and one tree planted every 30 feet.
Getting here took a while. The commission tabled the zoning request in November 2025 to give the developer, the property owner and nearby residents more time to talk, according to Plano Director of Planning Christina Day. In March, commissioners asked that the straight single-family rezoning be turned into a planned development, which lets the city write site-specific standards into the zoning. City Council then approved the planned development unanimously on April 27.
That vote came with unusually little pushback. Residents and council members backed the change, pointing to the site's location across from the high school and the lot sizes. "The support that the neighbors have for this, we quite frankly don't see that a lot, so it's refreshing," Mayor John Muns said at the time.
What's still missing is a name. Neither Community Impact nor the city's online agenda listing identifies the homebuilder or developer. The staff memos attached to the Nov. 2 items weren't publicly readable online when checked, and the city's meeting system showed no minutes posted for that meeting as of Nov. 10.
A preliminary replat isn't the last word. In Texas cities it's typically followed by civil engineering plans and a final plat before lots can be recorded, sold and permitted, so there are more filings to come before anyone breaks ground.
Why it matters for Contractors
Fifty lots of infill in a built-out city like Plano don't come along often, and this one has something most projects don't: neighbors and council members who actually like it. That cuts the odds of a late fight that stalls work after crews are lined up.
For small shops, the immediate openings are on the site side: the western fence and landscape buffer, plus whatever paving and utility work the final engineering plans call for. Once a builder is identified, framers, roofers, electricians and plumbers in Collin County will want to get in front of that buyer early. Watch the city's planning commission agendas for the final plat, which is likely where the builder's name finally shows up.