Plans for a new subdivision appear to be moving forward in Wright City following a public hearing on a proposed annexation of close to 90 acres for the new development.

The proposed subdivision, called Timber Run, is a McBride Homes development project. If approved, it will be located west of the existing Auburn Meadows and Peruque Creek Manors subdivisions.

Plans for Timber Run now include 234 single-family detached lots for sale, McBride Associate General Counsel Katie Peroutka told the Wright City Board of Aldermen Sept. 10. She noted that in May, McBride presented a plan to the city for a 313-lot subdivision on the same property.

“And it was a beautiful plan, we loved it, but it just didn’t fit within the limitations of the current zoning code,” Peroutka said. “So we went back and we modified the plan, we significantly scaled back the density, and we’re really excited with the results.”

Peroutka noted that not all of the land to be used for the new housing development will need to be annexed.

“So the parcels to be annexed, the entire site is actually about 120 acres, a little more than that, but part of it is already in Wright City,” she said. “So there are three parcels that are in Warren County that we are seeking to annex into the city, and about 89 acres of the site we’re looking to annex.”

Peroutka said the homes in the subdivision will be split into “three different distinct villages featuring kind of three different product lines,” with 38-foot-wide lots in McBride’s Arbor Series, 50-foot-wide lots in its Bayside Series, and 70-foot-wide lots in its Oakwood Series. Asked about prices of the homes, Peroutka said they will likely range from upwards of $200,000 to more than $400,000.

The subdivision will include new streets and sidewalks, Peroutka said. “It will also feature a really beautiful amenity area that will feature a pavilion, pickleball courts and a playground,” she added, noting that 74 acres of the site will remain open space and common ground.

“So that’s over 62 percent of the site that will remain open space and common ground, resulting in a significant amount of tree preservation, and just preservation in general of the natural existing features of the site,” she said. “And then all of that common ground will be maintained by a homeowners’ association, which we will form and get up and running for the residents.”

No members of the public spoke during the public hearing Sept. 10 on the proposed annexation. Peroutka said McBride was asking for the city’s approval of a recommendation for the annexation, although she also noted there was a 14-day period following the hearing before the aldermen could officially make that recommendation.

“But then provided the property is annexed, we would come before you with our zoning proposal, and then our preliminary development plan and final,” she said. “So we anticipate a deeper dive into the plan at that stage, but we wanted to just give a sense of what we were looking to do on the site as you consider the annexation.”

McBride representatives will be back again at the Sept. 24 Board of Aldermen meeting, she said, when the annexation recommendation will be on the agenda.