The Erie Planning Commission approved a third section to the Westerly project being developed by Southern Land Co., a Tennessee-based real estate developer. While the project is part of a larger plan that is working its way through town approvals, it also can be representative of how towns can work with oil and gas to co-exist.
The overall concept for Westerly is 1,200 homes on 400 acres, and Southern Land is building it out in phases. Construction is ongoing for the first two filings. The company’s first zoning application was in 2017; it annexed the east side of the property in 2019 and began home construction in 2023.
