Board Clears 305 Apartments Near Blue Ridge Parkway, Defers Traffic to NCDOT
Board of Adjustment • Buncombe CountySeptember 9, 2026
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Buncombe County's Board of Adjustment on Sept. 9, 2026, approved a 305-unit apartment complex off Sweeten Creek Road beside the Blue Ridge Parkway overlay. Members pressed the developer on cut-through traffic and exit lanes, but concluded that state roads fall outside their authority. With a second 312-unit project in Candler also approved, the board entitled 617 new apartments in a single session and repeatedly left road safety design to the N.C. Department of Transportation.
- 305-unit Carroll at Sweeten Creek PUD approved with an added "no through traffic" sign condition
- 312-unit Candler apartments win a height deviation to 45 feet, 6 inches over one member's objection
- Holbrook Road neighbors' crash and traffic-study complaints fail to sway the board
- Divided board grants zero rear setback so a family can stay in its manufactured home
1 big thing: The board granted a special use permit for Carroll at Sweeten Creek (ZPH2025-00038), a nine-building planned unit development (PUD) on vacant R-2 land inside the Blue Ridge Parkway overlay. The case had been continued from Aug. 12, 2026.
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