Loudon County Regional Planning Commission in July voted unanimously in favor of the rezoning. Loudon County Commission listened to concerns from residents during a Aug. 16 workshop. A vote is scheduled for Tuesday.

Commissioner Bill Satterfield, who led the town hall meeting, said he will likely vote against the rezoning based on input from constituents.

“Actually, it’ll put the ball in the people that want to build and develop as to what’s next, if they want to pursue it or not,” Satterfield said.

That could mean taking the matter to court, which Cook said would likely occur.

“I’ve got to say that because we do meet all of the requirements necessary and because planning commission passed it 11-0 with not a single vote against, if for some reason this does not pass county commission, I do think that we will fight it,” Cook said. “There are too many times where especially with this day and age with social media where neighbors are banding together and trying to stop development when that development is clearly accepted underneath of the regulations and their only reasoning for not wanting to see that development is because they just don’t want it.”

During the town hall meeting, one resident emphasized residents seek legal counsel to fight any change.

William Lewellyn hopes neighbors can have a say in the property. He worried about how a new subdivision could impact traffic, schools and demand on fire and police departments.

“If this is going through at the end of the day and we have no say-so of whether gets rezoned at the end of the day, which Bill just explained there’s another vote on it, I think the least we can do to help our neighbors out is to guide this and direct this into the most beneficial neighborhood we can have in the area,” Lewellyn said. “Who’s to say if we turn all this down and five years later it comes back up and somebody wants to bring a less attractive neighborhood into the area. So there’s a lot to think about.