Highland Park townhome development proposed

A developer is planning to build as many as 48 townhomes in Eastern Henrico’s Highland Park community.

Canterbury Development Group LLC is proposing to build the development on 5.6 acres located along the east side of the intersection of Walnut Avenue and Radcliffe Avenue. The homes would be along a private looped road connecting to Walnut Avenue.

The development would have more than eight units an acre, which is almost twice the units per acre of the existing neighborhood and two units an acre more than the current zoning standard. Canterbury Development Group is seeking to rezone the site from B-2 Business District and R-5 General Residence District to R-6C General Residence District (Conditional).

The county’s 2026 Comprehensive Plan suggests light industrial use for the site, but in a report, planning staffers wrote that the proposal could be appropriate since properties to the west and south are recommended for the urban residential type of usage that it seeks.

The case is scheduled to be heard March 9 by the Henrico County Planning Commission, although planning staffers are recommending deferral of the case to a later date, so that the developer can consider addressing several staff concerns.

Among them, desires for:
• additional setback requirements along Savannah Avenue;
• a reduction of the development’s density to be more consistent with that of adjacent Urban Residential property;
• clarification about the proposed height of the two-story buildings;
• consideration of architectural elevations that are similar to those of the adjacent community.

Once the planning commission hears and makes a recommendation on the proposal, the county’s board of supervisors (which holds final decision-making authority) will consider it.

– Citizen Editor Tom Lappas contributed to this article.