A proposed warehousing facility in Franklin County seeks state approval to build within a protected stream buffer along a tributary of Nails Creek.
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- March 27, 2026: Buffer variance application for Carnesville Industrial warehousing facility on Old Federal Road, Franklin County
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- No next step has been documented.
The authority overseeing the industrial park placed a status update on its agenda, but no details or decisions are yet on record.
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- March 12, 2026: Central Franklin Industrial Park update
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- No next step has been documented.
The opinion concerns an appeal tied to Chairwoman Long's chicken houses, after commissioners closed session on the underlying litigation with her recused in December.
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- January 5, 2026: Attorney Kevin Epps' legal opinion on Mr. Lunsford's appeal regarding Chairwoman Long's chicken houses/property
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- No next step has been documented.
A request to rezone a 48.66-acre Carnesville tract from commercial to light-industrial use remains unresolved after the applicant sought a delay.
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- January 5, 2026: RZ-2025-030 Rezone at 252 Komplex Dr from Highway Business (HB) to Light Industrial (LI), 48.66 acres
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- January 22, 2026 Planning Commission meeting
A property owner wants land at 932 Wilson Road reclassified to allow a farm stand, a change that would affect what can be built and sold there.
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- January 5, 2026: RZ-2025-032 Rezone at 932 Wilson Rd from Rural Residential (RR) to Agricultural (AG), 11.58 acres, for a farm stand
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- No next step has been documented.
A requested reduction in how far a poultry house must sit from the road at a Carnesville property goes before the county's planning commission.
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- November 20, 2025: Variance V-2025-011: reduce poultry house front setback at 723 Highway 326, Carnesville
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- No next step has been documented.
The state air permit amendment allows a new baghouse to control emissions from the facility's forming and mat reject unit.
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- November 13, 2025: Installation of new baghouse (BH8) to control the forming and mat reject unit (SYS23)
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- No next step has been documented.
Tonya Powers told commissioners the IBA has brought 800-1000 new jobs to the community.
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- September 30, 2025: Propel Grant/Infrastructure update from Tonya Powers on IBA properties and jobs brought to Franklin County
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- No next step has been documented.
The Board of Commissioners has put impact fees on a work session agenda, a step toward deciding whether new development would help pay for county costs.
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- August 26, 2025: Impact fees discussion
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- No next step has been documented.
The authority planned an executive session on a real estate matter, meaning details of the discussion are not part of the public record.
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- August 6, 2025: Executive session on real estate matter
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- No next step has been documented.
The request would let a 35.95-acre tract be used more intensively for agriculture, affecting neighbors near 1142 Pullian Rd.
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- July 17, 2025: Rezoning at 1142 Pullian Rd from Agricultural General to Agricultural Intensive for poultry houses (RZ-2025-012)
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- No next step has been documented.
A proposal to rezone 8.8 acres on Cole Road from agricultural to rural residential use went before the county board, but no vote outcome is recorded.
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- July 7, 2025: RZ-2025-013 Rezone 2251 Cole Rd from Agricultural General (AG) to Rural Residential (RR), 8.8 acres, applicant Phillip Ingram
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- No next step has been documented.