Protected Lee County land could become site of 1,300 homes

Changes in county land use rules that could bring another 2,000 homes to sites near Daniels Parkway will go before county commissioners in the coming weeks.

Neighbors of one are battling against the change, while the other faces little opposition.

A county panel that makes recommendations to county commissioners on changes in the Lee Plan, the county's basic land planning document, has endorsed the development of 1,315 new homes on a site at Daniels and State Road 82 that's currently a part of the protected Density Reduction/Groundwater Resource area.