Update 2025-08-01: Actually, they did send a zoning map, if you know how to look at it. Bradford Road Rezoning in Berrien County, GA, Land Development Districts 2025-08-21.
https://wwals.net/?p=68096

It’s not clear how nine or more house lots of about 2.25 acres fit the Berrien County Comprehensive Plan Strategy for an Agriculture Character Area: “Preserve the rural/agricultural character of these areas by maintaining very low-density residential development primarily accessory to farm operations and large lot sizes.”

The Planning Commission Public Hearing is August 21, and the County Commission Public Hearing is September 2, both at 201 North Davis Street, Nashville, GA 31639.

A previous Public Hearing was mysteriously cancelled.

Yet we hear the developer had already commenced laying out lots. If that is true, it seems odd, to say the least.

Bradford Road rezoning, Berrien County, GA, Withlacoochee River, Gin Creek Branch, 5:30 PM, Thursday, August 21, 2025

There is a petition against this rezoning.
https://chng.it/kKDVsN92xT

You can call or write Berrien County or come to the Public Hearings.

Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/630315536402503/

Speaking of which, what is the proposed rezoning? I thank Bradford County staff for sending the board packet in response to a WWALS Open Records request. But I don’t see in it any indication of what the proposed rezoning is. Nothing in the board packet says what is the proposed action.

I also do not see a zoning map, nor a future zoning map for after rezoning. And there is no zoning map on the Berrien County Commission website that I can find.

That board packet is on the WWALS website.

See also 2025 Comprehensive Plan Update, Berrien County & Cities of Alapaha, Enigma, Nashville, and Ray City.

Here is the applicant’s survey map.

Cole Livingston, Division Survey Located in Land Lot 510 of the 10th Land District, Berrien County, Georgia

Here’s a WWALS map of the area.

Map: Gin Branch Creek 2025-07-27 in the WWALS map of the Withlacoochee and Little River Water Trail.

As you can see, it is pretty close to the Withlacoochee River, connected by a creek.

Map: Aerial, roads and flood plain
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It’s also in the middle of an Agriculture Character Area.

Map: Bradford Road Development in detail of Berrien County Character Area

That’s a detail from this map from the Comprehensive Plan.

Map: Berrien County Character Areas
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Here’s that that Plan says about Agriculture Character Areas. “DESCRIPTION: These are prime agriculture areas intended for agricultural use. Residential uses should be accessory to agricultural uses and should maintain a rural character….”

Agriculture Character Areas
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“DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY: Preserve the rural/agricultural character of these areas by maintaining very low-density residential development primarily accessory to farm operations and large lot sizes….”

Predominant Land Uses and Development Strategy
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It does say:

PERMITTED ZONING DISTRICTS:

Agricultural
Residential

However, see above for constraints on residential.

Permitted Zoning District, Quality Community Objectives, and Implementation Measures
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