A roughly 500-home subdivision near the Sports Complex faces a key vote Thursday

A development that could bring roughly 500 homes to the wedge of land between Interstate 10 and Holdsworth Drive, wrapping the city’s baseball complex, goes before the Kerrville Planning and Zoning Commission at 4 p.m. Thursday at City Hall.

Known as Town Creek Development, the project has been a long time coming. The 130.563 acres up for platting on Thursday are carved from a 304-acre tract that’s been in the same hands since 2014, and the land is already folded into the city’s long-range plan, zoned as a planned development district under the Kerrville 2050 Comprehensive Plan.

The Kerr County Lead has reported for years on Kerrville’s housing shortage, and a project of this scale could ease some of that pressure. The density is part of the draw: at these lot sizes, Town Creek would likely deliver homes more affordable than much of what is on the market across Kerr County.

The plat lays the development out in six phases, building from the Interstate 10 frontage south toward Holdsworth Drive and around the city-owned baseball and softball fields. No developer is named on the plat — a recurring pattern with large projects like this, which often surface without a public-facing builder attached. Typical lots run 45 feet wide and 120 feet deep — about 5,400 square feet, with a 35-by-70-foot building pad and a 20-foot front setback.

The plat itself does not tabulate a lot count, and the individual lots are not numbered. A Kerr County Lead count of the lot layout puts the total at roughly 500.

The project is not as finished as a 500-home number might suggest. Its phasing is governed by an Adequate Facilities Plan that the plat says is still under review with the city. Parkland requirements would be met through a fee-in-lieu-of-dedication. The plan also calls for a collector road built to tie into the neighboring Bluewood apartment subdivision, signaling that this corner of north Kerrville is being planned as a connected growth area rather than a single project.

City planning staff are recommending approval. Still, a preliminary plat is an early step, not permission to start building: approval would lock in the layout, streets and easements and let the project move toward final platting and construction plans. The commission can also attach conditions or send it back.