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Wake County: Public hearing Oct. 19 on Neuse North area growth plan
A required county notice, published today, says commissioners will consider adopting the Neuse North Area Plan as an amendment to PLANWake. The study area covers about 10,890 acres between Wake Forest and Rolesville.
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What we know
Confirmed
- The Wake County Board of Commissioners will meet at 2 p.m. Monday, Oct. 19, 2026, in Room 2700 of the Wake County Justice Center in Raleigh.Confirmed by Wake County events calendar
- A required public notice published Oct. 9 says the board will hold an in-person public hearing at that meeting on CPA-01-26, a proposal to adopt the Neuse North Area Plan as an amendment to the Wake County Comprehensive Plan, PLANWake, and to amend the PLANWake Development Framework map.Confirmed by Wake County notice of public hearing
- The Neuse North study area includes about 17 square miles, or 10,890 acres, of unincorporated Wake County along the northern county line between Wake Forest and Rolesville, extending to the Franklin County boundary.Confirmed by Wake County Neuse North Area Plan page
- Wake County says the area plan does not annex property, rezone property, expand extra-territorial jurisdiction or raise taxes. It is meant to identify where growth should or should not occur and can be amended after adoption.Confirmed by Wake County Neuse North Area Plan page
- The county says people can review the petition on weekdays at Wake County Planning, Development and Inspections, first floor of the Wake County Office Building, 336 Fayetteville Street in Raleigh, and can send written comments to planner Akul Nishawala.Confirmed by Wake County notice of public hearing
Still unknown
- Whether the board will vote on the plan the same day
- The rest of the Oct. 19 agenda; Wake County's Legistar calendar did not yet have an agenda packet posted
What happened
Wake County commissioners will hold a public hearing Monday on a growth plan for unincorporated land between Wake Forest and Rolesville.
A required county notice, published today, says the Board of Commissioners will consider CPA-01-26 at 2 p.m. Monday, Oct. 19, in Room 2700 of the Wake County Justice Center. The item would adopt the Neuse North Area Plan as an amendment to PLANWake, the county comprehensive plan, and change the PLANWake Development Framework map.
The county's events calendar lists the same meeting time and room. As of this morning, the agenda packet was not yet posted on the county's Legistar calendar.
What the plan covers
Wake County's Neuse North page says the study area is about 17 square miles, or 10,890 acres, along the northern county line. It sits between Wake Forest and Rolesville and runs to the Franklin County boundary. The orange area on the county's map is land that is not inside a town or a town's extra-territorial jurisdiction, so only Wake County plans for it.
The county says this is the sixth of seven area plans under PLANWake, which the commissioners adopted in April 2021.
The county's own explainer says the plan does not annex anyone's property, rezone anyone's property, expand extra-territorial jurisdiction or raise taxes. It is meant to record a community vision and mark where growth should or should not go. The county says the plan can be amended after it is adopted.
How to comment
The public notice says people may review the petition on weekdays from 8:30 a.m. to 5:15 p.m. at Wake County Planning, Development and Inspections, on the first floor of the Wake County Office Building at 336 Fayetteville Street in Raleigh.
Written comments may go to Wake County Planning, Development and Inspections, attention Akul Nishawala, P.O. Box 550, Raleigh, NC 27602, or to akul.nishawala@wake.gov, the notice says. The county's plan page also lists areaplan@wake.gov and 919-856-6310.
The notice does not say whether the board will vote the same day.
Why it matters
The plan covers unincorporated land between Wake Forest and Rolesville, where county rules, not town zoning, decide what can be built. Monday's hearing is the public's chance to speak before commissioners consider adopting it.
Sources
- Notice of public hearing, CPA-01-26 (published Oct. 9 and Oct. 12, 2026)
Official sourcePublished by Wake County (required legal notice) · Checked Oct 9, 2026, 8:40 AM
- Neuse North Area Plan
Official sourcePublished by Wake County Government · Checked Oct 9, 2026, 8:40 AM
- Wake County Board of Commissioners regular meeting, Oct. 19, 2026
Official sourcePublished by Wake County Government · Checked Oct 9, 2026, 8:40 AM
- Wake County meeting calendar
Official sourcePublished by Wake County Government · Checked Oct 9, 2026, 8:40 AM
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