Sussex P&Z approves final Keastone Bay plan

One of the largest subdivisions in Sussex County's recent history has received its final site-plan approval.

At its March 23 meeting, the Sussex County Planning & Zoning Commission approved the final subdivision and landscape plan for Keastone Bay, with 651 single-family lots on 311 acres on both sides of Green Road near the Banks Road intersection near Long Neck. The site is across the road from the rear entrance of Baywood Greens.

The community will have a clubhouse, pool, youngsters splash pad, 12 neighborhood parks, four bocce and pickleball courts and two tennis courts. The community will be built in phases, with the first containing 75 lots.

Developers Keastone Bay-Baywood LLC and Sussex Realty Company will be required to add two 11-foot travel lanes and 5-foot shoulders along the frontage of Banks Road and Green Road.

In addition, the developers will be required to contribute funding to three DelDOT projects in the Long Neck area, including the Route 24-Banks Road intersection, the Route 24-Long Neck Road-Indian Mission Road intersection and a traffic signal at the School Lane-Bay Farm Road intersection.

As a condition of approval, a paved access road must be provided to the Waters Edge community, which is adjacent to the new community along Burton's Prong.

Other conditions include a minimum 50-foot perimeter buffer and a 100-foot buffer along wetlands.