Planning Commission · Thursday, May 14, 2026 · 4:00 PM · Freeport Board Room
Planning Commission
This meeting was held on May 14, 2026. Its minutes aren't posted yet, so the summary below was written from the agenda before the meeting: it says what was planned, not what was decided. Decisions and votes will appear once the minutes are.
Summary
The Planning Commission agenda for May 14, 2026 has 5 items that affect Santa Rosa Beach (4 countywide), including April 9, 2026 Planning Commission Minutes, Text Amendments and Evaluation and Appraisal Report (EAR) Based Text Amendments to the .
Why it matters
Items marked countywide apply to all of Walton County, including Santa Rosa Beach.
On the agenda
Development & zoning4 items
Text Amendments
Request to continue to the June 11, 2026, Planning Commission meeting. Proposed substantive text amendments to Chapters One, Two, Five, Six, Seven, and Nine affecting access management, review, review, submittal requirements, and Certificate of Land Use requirements.
Evaluation and Appraisal Report (EAR) Based Text Amendments to the
Request to continue to the June 11, 2026, Planning Commission meeting. Proposed substantive text amendments to Goals, Objectives, and Policies of multiple elements including Capital Improvements, Coastal Management, Conservation, , Housing, Infrastructure, Recreation, and Transportation/Mobility elements, based on EAR report approved by Board of County Commissioners.
Holiday Inn Express
Scheduled for approval by final order. Major development application (MAJ25-000053) submitted by Nautilus Civil Engineers on behalf of Sunrise 850, LLC, requesting to develop a 104-room hotel on 2.57 acres with Mixed Use and Village Mixed Use zoning in District 5, located on the north side of US Highway 98 West, approximately 0.195 miles east of Don Bishop Road and 0.249 miles west of US Highway 98 West Crossover and Mussett Bayou.
Where: 28-2S-20-33220-000-0495
Evaluation and Appraisal Report (EAR) Based Text Amendments to the -
held to request Board and Public Input on proposed substantive text amendments to Goals, Objectives, and Policies of Capital Improvements Element, Coastal Management Element, Conservation Element, Element, Housing Element, Infrastructure Element, Recreation Element, and Transportation/Mobility Element based on EAR report prepared by DPZ CoDESIGN and approved by Board of County Commissioners.
Other1 item
April 9, 2026 Planning Commission Minutes
Minutes were approved.
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