Another set of changes to the Isla Carroll development project was not enough to convince the Wellington Village Council to approve it on Tuesday, Feb. 24. In another blow to developers’ plans, the council shot down a rezoning and master plan approval request to convert one of the two historic polo fields on the property into a luxury equestrian development.
For months, representatives from McCourt Partners and Discovery Land Company have gone before multiple Wellington boards to get feedback and recommendations on approval for the project, located off 120th Avenue South near the National Polo Center. Each time, most board members voted against it, leading to developers reworking the plan.
In January, the Wellington Village Council narrowly approved the rezoning request on its first reading. However, council members who voted yes did so to see what changes, if any, could solve what they saw as fundamental problems of having a luxury, country club development with limited equestrian amenities be built in the village’s Equestrian Preserve Area…