County planners have OK’s a plan to build 26 single-family houses on roughly 13 acres near West Ox Road in Herndon.
The final development plan for the project, called The Reserve at Spring Lake, will now head to the Fairfax County Planning Commission for a meeting on June 17 at 7:30 p.m.
The property, which under development by Christopher Land, LLC, is currently developed with two single-family houses that were built in the 1950s.
The Spring Lake Estates community is also located near the site of the development. Spring Lake is a manmade lake created in the late 1950s for recreational purposes, according to the county.
The county’s health department noted that the developer must properly dispose of an onsite sewage disposal system and private well water supply prior to demolishing the current homes.
Photos via handout/Fairfax County Government
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