Officials for the town of Lexington signed off on a nearly 300-home subdivision that sits just outside the town limits at its Monday night meeting.
The plan, to bring 299 single-family homes to a 191-acre plot of land along Barr Road and just off West Main Street, was given final approval after initially being recommended for approval by the town’s planning commission in July 2025. Initial plans called for 308 homes, but were whittled down to 299.
Town council members voted unanimously, with Councilman Will Allen absent, to approve the developer’s request to annex into the town, which council members posited would require developers to make certain improvements to roadways near the subdivision…