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Lawrence news September 21, 2026 - 9:52 pm

Planning commission approves a new barrier to data centers in Lawrence

by Mackenzie Clark

Planning commissioners on Monday approved an additional hurdle to prevent hyper-scale data centers from being built within Lawrence city limits.

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.

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 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 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.

Molly Adams / Lawrence Times
Lawrence news December 17, 2025 - 8:53 pm

Planning Commission recommends zoning changes for former Dragon’s Hoard site, Bert Nash housing

by Mackenzie Clark

Planning commissioners gave nods of approval to one zoning request to allow houses to be built at the former Dragon’s Hoard location and another for Bert Nash to construct apartments off Sixth and Rockledge.

Environment October 22, 2025 - 11:21 pm

Planning commissioners approve New Boston Crossing request for development south of Lawrence

by Mackenzie Clark

Planning commissioners on Wednesday voted to approve a new request from developers of the New Boston Crossing south of town, now slated to include a sports complex.

Tom Harper/Lawrence Times
Lawrence news October 22, 2025 - 8:27 pm

Planning commission signs off on rezoning request for high-density housing near KU

by Mackenzie Clark

The planning commission has approved a request to rezone property near KU’s campus, another step toward plans to build the highest-density housing yet in the city.

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