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New Castle County Meetings
County Council, June 9, 2026
Approved: Major Land Development Plan for John G. Leach School at Red Lion 100, unanimous
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What happened
On June 9, 2026, New Castle County approved Major Land Development Plan for John G. Leach School at Red Lion 100 (unanimous).
This New Castle County Council meeting was largely ceremonial and budgetary, with one substantive land-use action: the unanimous adoption of Resolution 26-119 (12-0) authorizing the County to submit Claymont and New Castle as a Downtown Development District to the Delaware Cabine…
Meeting key facts
- Jurisdiction
- New Castle County, DE
- Governing body
- Final authority
- Date
- June 9, 2026
- Decisions
- 9 zoning decisions
- Outcome
- Approved, unanimous
Free sample: decision 1 of 9
Major Land Development Plan for John G. Leach School at Red Lion 100
Resolution 26-118 approved a major land development plan to construct a 63,323 sq ft special needs school and 468 sq ft greenhouse for Colonial School District at the northeasterly corner of the intersection of Wrangle Hill Road and South DuPont Highway, Red Lion 100, Council District 12. Plan supports 94 special needs students. Adopted 12-0, 1 absent.
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Key Decisions (9)
Approved
Major Land Development Plan for John G. Leach School at Red Lion 100
Vote: unanimousMoved by Kaneko
Approved
Claymont/New Castle Downtown Development District submission
Vote: unanimousMoved by Cartier
Approved
Absalom Jones Senior Center FY2027 grant
Vote: unanimousMoved by Hollins
Approved
State Summer Youth Employment grant
Vote: unanimousMoved by Hollins
Approved
OPEB Trust Fund board composition amendment
Vote: unanimousMoved by Cartier
Approved
Senior Home Repair Program grant (Substitute 1)
Vote: unanimousMoved by Tackett
Approved
Summer Recreation Camps grant
Vote: unanimous
Approved
2023 NCC Youth Employment grant
Vote: unanimousMoved by Hollins
Approved
NCC grants funding (Substitute 1)
Vote: unanimousMoved by Hollins
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Development Activity (2)
John G. Leach School (Red Lion 100)
Other
Claymont/New Castle Downtown Development District
Other
Market Signals (3)
Infrastructure
New Castle County is pursuing a Downtown Development District designation…
Sentiment
Councilman Street repeatedly voiced frustration that the Route 9 corridor…
Commercial Demand
A school district secured approval for a 63,323 sq ft…
Agenda results
Each land-use item on the agenda, with its recorded voteWho spoke
13 distinct speakers; 10 identified names.
All speaker roles: 8 Councilmember, 1 Clerk, 1 Staff, 1 Public, 1 Chair, 1 Witness.
Identified name roles: 8 Councilmember, 1 Staff, 1 Chair.
Speaker sample: Williams-Johns, Chair.
9 more identified names in Pro: 8 Councilmember, 1 Staff.
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Zoning terms (5)
17 recorded timestamps
- motion to approve (2 timestamps)
- approved (10 timestamps)
- annexation (1 timestamps)
- zoning (1 timestamps)
- land use (3 timestamps)
Decision moments (9)
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