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Jacob Rice / Lawrence Times
Lawrence news August 24, 2026 - 9:09 pm

Planning commissioners vote against annexation request for 177 more acres west of K-10 in Lawrence

by Mackenzie Clark

Planning commissioners on Monday voted 4-3 to recommend denial of a request to annex an additional 177 acres of agricultural land west of K-10 into city limits, yet a majority voted in favor of rezoning requests for the same land.

Jacob Rice / Lawrence Times
Lawrence news August 24, 2026 - 7:37 pm

KU Endowment defers annexation request for land near airport

by Mackenzie Clark

Dozens of people filed out of Lawrence City Hall Monday evening after planning commissioners agreed to allow the KU Endowment Association to defer a request to annex land near the airport into the city.

Lawrence news August 23, 2026 - 11:12 am

Planning commission to consider annexation, rezoning requests for land west of K-10 and near airport

by Mackenzie Clark

Requests to annex another 300-plus acres into Lawrence — 177 acres west of K-10, and 137 near the airport — are on planning commissioners’ Monday agenda for consideration.

Jacob Rice / Lawrence Times
Lawrence news August 18, 2026 - 9:26 pm

City Commission approves west Lawrence annexation for Beacon Landing development

by Mackenzie Clark

Lawrence city commissioners on Tuesday approved annexation and rezoning requests for nearly 300 acres of land in western Lawrence for a new development, Beacon Landing.

Lawrence news August 17, 2026 - 10:32 am

Lawrence city commissioners to consider annexing about 300 acres west of K-10

by Mackenzie Clark

Lawrence city commissioners on Tuesday will consider a request to annex nearly 300 acres into western Lawrence for a development dubbed Beacon Landing.

Lawrence news July 20, 2026 - 8:50 pm

Lawrence planning commission votes to annex, rezone nearly 300 acres west of K-10

by Mackenzie Clark

Planning commissioners on Monday voted to recommend annexing nearly 300 acres into western Lawrence for a development dubbed Beacon Landing.

Lawrence news April 7, 2026 - 7:28 pm

City Commission approves annexing, rezoning land in northwestern Lawrence

by Lawrence Times

Lawrence city commissioners on Tuesday approved annexing about 65 acres into northwestern Lawrence and rezoning them for construction of new single-family homes.

Lawrence news March 25, 2026 - 7:51 pm

Plat for Hunters Hill subdivision in northwest Lawrence gets planning commission approval

by Mackenzie Clark

Planning commissioners on Wednesday approved a preliminary plat for Hunters Hill, a subdivision of mostly single-family homes planned for northwestern Lawrence.

Lawrence news March 3, 2026 - 7:00 pm

City commissioners start process to consider annexing land west of K-10 into Lawrence

by Mackenzie Clark

Lawrence city commissioners voted Tuesday to begin the process to consider potentially annexing 650 acres of land west of K-10 — about 1 square mile — into city limits.

Lawrence news February 25, 2026 - 10:04 pm

Planning commissioners recommend annexing 63 acres in northwestern Lawrence

by Mackenzie Clark

Planning commissioners on Wednesday voted to recommend annexing property west of Lawrence Nature Park into city limits for a potential housing development.

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