Collins Jollie Subdivision - Collins Jollie New Home Community in Conway, SC

*Collins Jollie - New Conservation Subdivision in Conway*

Collins Jollie Road
Conway, SC 29526
(843) 940-3609

There are approximately 809 acres of land slightly northeast of downtown Conway, straddled across Collins Jollie Road that are in the planning stages. Maple Hill, Ridgewood West and Dudley Farms are a few of the existing subdivisions that are located near where this property will be developed. This property has been named the Collins Jollie Conservation Subdivision.

The preliminary Master Plan for the Collins Jollie Subdivision proposes a total of 1,333 units (single-family detached and single-family attached) across the entire 809 acres.

The Master Plan for the Collins Jollie Conservation Subdivision is splitting the property into multiple tracts (with multiple owners) for development. Each tract that is being split off will need to be developed in accordance with the approved Master Plan.

On September 16, 2024, Conway City Council approved Final Reading of Ordinance #ZA2024-09-16 (A) to restate and amend a previously approved Development Agreement [Ordinance ZA2023-02 06 (K)], for the property known as the “Collins Jollie Conservation Subdivision”, located on Collins Jollie Road, containing approximately 809 +/- acres, and containing the following uses: single-family detached dwellings, single-family semi-attached dwellings (duplex) and/or single-family attached dwellings (townhomes), as well as required Primary Conservation areas, Secondary Conservation areas, and Open Space.

Approval was requested for proposed amendments (and restatement) of the Collins Jollie Development Agreement, which was formerly approved by Council in February 2023; however, it was never recorded, and there have been tracts that have been sold off to individual developers (Creekside, Lennar, D. R. Horton) since the original approval.

Creekside Custom Homes LLC purchased parcels in October of 2023 – and is expected to be the builder of the Westwood Reserve subdivision within the master planned community of Collins Jollie.
NOTE: In January 2024, United Homes Group, Inc. (UHG), acquired the homebuilding business and assets of Creekside Custom Homes, LLC. UHG operates in the southeastern United States, with its builder brand Great Southern Homes having an emphasis on South Carolina, Georgia, and soon North Carolina markets.

Realstar/Lennar purchased parcels – expected to be builder of the Kingston Oaks subdivision within the master planned community of Collins Jollie.
NOTE: In 2021, Lennar acquired Realstar Homes, the privately-held Coastal Carolinas company operating along and well within a North and South Carolinas corridor that arcs as far north as Wilmington, N.C., and bends southwestward to Charleston, S.C. and Hilton Head. Realstar targets the Myrtle Beach area, with communities to the north up to Ocean Isle Beach, NC, including Pawleys Island, Conway, Myrtle Beach, Little River, and reaching south towards Hilton Head.

D. R. Horton is expected to be builder of the Maple Grove subdivision within the master planned community of Collins Jollie.

A few of the split out subdivisions currently being planned for development within the Master Planned community of Collins Jollie:

Westwood Reserve (Creekside Homes/Great Southern Homes)
Kingston Oaks (Lennar)
Maple Grove (D. R. Horton)

Collins Jollie Conservation Subdivision
Tract	Acres	# of Homes	Subdivision	Builder
A	134.1	215	Westwood Reserve	Creekside Homes/ Great Southern Homes
B	142.4	84	TBD	TBD
C	27.1	39	Kingston Oaks-Phase 1	Lennar
D	73.0	185	Kingston Oaks-Phase 2	Lennar
E	128.2	220	Maple Grove	D. R. Horton
F	112.3	289	Maple Grove	D. R. Horton
G	27.0	175	Maple Grove	D. R. Horton
H	156.4	111	TBD	TBD
I	9.0	15	TBD	TBD
TOTAL	809.5	1,333
For information Purposes only - Information subject to change

Data Courtesy of Conway City Council

Conservation Subdivision

New home communities are popping up all over the city of Conway. Many of these new subdivisions are being proposed as “Conservation Subdivisions”.

In order to guide development in accordance with existing and future needs, while promoting the public health, safety, morals, convenience, order, appearance, and prosperity of the community, the City of Conway has in place a Unified Development Ordinance (UDO). The City of Conway UDO includes a Conservation Subdivision Ordinance that provides flexibility in ensuring the preservation of open space within new residential developments.

The conservation subdivision design preserves open space while maintaining the prorated density of residential units for the overall site area. Natural density is achieved by allowing smaller individual owned residential lots in neighborhoods that include or are adjacent to aesthetically and ecologically important areas. The goal of the design process is to identify and set aside conservation areas prior to the delineation of transportation and residential pod layouts. Open space areas include wetlands, stream buffer zones, woodlands, farmlands, playing fields, and meadows, depending on the resources of the land.

In the City of Conway, any proposed land development and/or subdivision of land exceeding 50 acres, needs to submit plans for Conservation Subdivision to determine if Conservation Subdivision is appropriate given the geographic, topographic and ecological confines and characteristics of the property.

The maximum number of lots in a Conservation Subdivision shall be determined by the Yield Plan method (base density allowed in the underlying zone minus areas protected through sensitive area designation in a subdivision plan). The maximum number of lots is based on a conventional subdivision design plan, prepared by the developer and/or property owner, in which the tract of land is subdivided in a manner intended to yield the highest number of by-right lots possible. The plan does not have to meet formal requirements for a site design plan, but the design must be capable of being constructed given site features and all applicable design standards.

There are several dimensional requirements for a Conservation Subdivision, but perhaps the most notable is that the minimum Open Space required is 30% of the net buildable area. In other words, a minimum of 30% of the net buildable area of the property needs to be left undeveloped and needs to be used for both conservation of the natural environment and human recreation. Activities within the Open Space are then restricted in perpetuity through the use of the Open Space Management Plan and an instrument of permanent protection.

Summarizing, a Conservation Subdivision is required to dedicate a significant amount of the subdivision to open space, and to achieve this objective, often times lot sizes are minimized to maximize the number of homes available to be developed on the remaining buildable area.

As of November 2024, development in the Collins Jollie Conservation Subdivision has not yet started.

Collins Jollie Conservation Subdivision Resources

Collins Jollie - New Conservation Subdivision in Conway