Collier County Planning Commission unanimously recommended last week the Williams Farm Planned Unit Development, which is planned for 336 single-family homes in Immokalee on the south side of Lake Trafford Road and to the east of Arrowhead Reserve. 

The 168-acre property is owned by the Williams family, a fourth-generation agricultural family in the county. It is on the northernmost two parcels bordering Camp Keais Strand and will be zoned for low-density residential which allows up to four units per acre. Developers are requesting only two units per acre, amounting to 336 single-family homes.  

There will be a water quality lake in the middle of the development where all water will flow into before discharging into Camp Keais Strand.

This area is a consultation area for the Florida bonneted bat and the Florida panther, so the developers may have to pay panther habitat units for any potential impact to the conservation of the Florida panther. 

The county’s master concept plan includes access for potential future development south crossing into Camp Keais on land also owned by the Williams family, but nothing has been proposed at this time. 

“Crossing the strand is a very complex thing that we don’t want to get into now from a development standpoint,” land use planner Dan DeLisi said. 

The planning commission voted 4-0 in favor of the Williams Farm Planned Unit Development project. It will go before the Board of County Commissioners for final approval at a later date.