Planning Commission · Thursday, June 12, 2025 · 4:00 PM · Freeport Board Room
Planning Commission
This meeting was held on Jun 12, 2025. 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 Walton County Planning Commission held a meeting on June 12, 2025, to consider several development and zoning applications. The commission approved minutes from prior meetings, reviewed a request for a Van Dyke property on US Highway 331 to change from estate residential to commercial use, heard proposals for sand mining operations that were for further review, considered amendments to the affecting short-term vacation rentals and other regulations, approved a 246-unit condominium project at Seascape, and continued review of a greenway corridor development near Grayton Beach to the next meeting.
Why it matters
These decisions will shape future development patterns across Walton County, affecting residential, commercial, and industrial land use in different districts. Residents should monitor these applications as they may impact traffic, property values, and the character of their communities.
On the agenda
Development & zoning6 items
Van Dyke with
Request to approve by . Application to change from Estate Residential to Commercial and zoning from Estate Residential to General Commercial on 3.78 acres.
Where: 6192 South US Highway 331; 26-2N-19-18000-030-0000
D&H Sand LSA with
Request to table. Application to change from Large Scale Agriculture to Industrial and Extractive Uses and zoning from Large Scale Agriculture to Extractive Uses on 118 acres.
Where: 760 Sand Plant Road; 18-2N-17-05000-004-0020
Red Bay
Request to table. Application to change zoning from Extractive Uses to Heavy Industrial on approximately 66 acres with Industrial and Extractive Uses .
Where: 501 Sand Plant Road; 18-2N-17-05000-001-0010; 18-2N-17-05000-002-0000; 18-2N-17-05000-004-0000; 18-2N-17-05000-004-0010
STVR Text Amendments
Request to approve by . Proposed substantive amendments to Chapters One, Two, Five, and Nine of the Walton County affecting access management, review, review, registration requirements, and Certificate of Land Use requirements.
Echelon Condominium Development
Request to approve by final order. Major development application for 246-unit condominium with amenities and infrastructure as part of approved DRI on 5.62 acres with Mixed Use and Coastal Center zoning within Seascape DRI.
Where: 100 Seascape Drive; 29-2S-21-42500-000-0050
Preserve at Grayton Beach Greenway Corridor Development
Request to continue to July 10, 2025, PC meeting. Major development application to replat and develop 2.0 acres of greenway corridor with Mixed Use and Parks and Recreation and Traditional Neighborhood Development and Parks and Recreation zoning.
Where: County Highway 30A West, 0.25 miles east from intersection of County Highway 83 South and County Highway 30A; 07-3S-19-25000-007-0000; 07-3S-19-25180-000-001A
Other1 item
Minutes Approval
The commission approved minutes from October 12, 2023, April 2, 2025, April 10, 2025, May 6, 2025, and May 8, 2025.
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