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Forsyth County Zoning Report, August 2026
Four rezoning applications were filed in Forsyth County in August 2026, covering 80.66 acres. All four ask for Commercial Business District (CBD) zoning for retail, office and restaurant space, and each case below includes its concept plan.
What it means for landowners
Commercial only. The county’s residential rezoning moratorium is still in place, and no residential rezonings were filed. Our guide to the residential districts explains what that means for your land.
Matt Highway. Two tracts totaling 46.6 acres asked for CBD. In informal reviews, county staff did not support either, saying commercial outside the planned nodes should be smaller in scale.
Family land. The Peachtree Parkway and Nuckolls Road cases sit on family and estate land with an outside developer applying. See Selling inherited land in Forsyth County.
Submitted Zoning Applications
36.52 acres on Matt Highway: retail, office and restaurants
- Plan Number
- ZA4303
- Application Date
- 8/3/2026
- Address
- 4240, 4310 and 4330 Matt Hwy
- Parcel Numbers
- 168 414, 168 373, 168 028, 168 284, 168 030
- Acres
- 36.52
- Applicant
- Nakoda Bherav & Co., LLC
- Zoning Attorney
- None listed
- Current and Proposed Zoning
- A1 to CBD
- Suspected Use
- Retail with office lofts above, and restaurants, one with a rooftop
- Buildings and Parking
- 169,500 sq. ft., 798 parking spaces
- Variances
- None
- Informal Staff View
- Not supportive: staff say commercial outside the Sawnee Mountain node should be lower in scale and intensity, and the surrounding uses are less intense. This is an informal review, not the final recommendation.
24.24 acres on Peachtree Parkway: shopping center with day care
- Plan Number
- ZA4304
- Application Date
- 8/6/2026
- Address
- 1402 and 1404 Peachtree Pkwy
- Parcel Numbers
- 110 025, 110 399, 110 400, 110 024
- Acres
- 24.24
- Applicant
- Shree Real Estate Developers, LLC
- Zoning Attorney
- Lipscomb Johnson LLP
- Current and Proposed Zoning
- A1 and HB to CBD
- Suspected Use
- Eleven buildings of retail, office over retail, restaurants and a day care around a central green with a splash pad
- Buildings and Parking
- 187,608 sq. ft., 850 parking spaces
- Variances
- Reduce the northern buffer along the sewer easement from 40 ft. to 12 ft.; allow parking on one side of the building instead of two
- Informal Staff View
- Not yet stated
10.08 acres on Matt Highway: office, retail, indoor recreation and day care
- Plan Number
- ZA4305
- Application Date
- 8/6/2026
- Address
- Matt Hwy, northeast of 4955 and 4961 Matt Hwy
- Parcel Numbers
- 145 327
- Acres
- 10.08
- Applicant
- VenSur at Settingdown Creek, LLC
- Zoning Attorney
- Lipscomb Johnson LLP
- Current and Proposed Zoning
- A1 to CBD
- Suspected Use
- Office, retail, an indoor commercial recreation facility and a day care
- Buildings and Parking
- 46,327 sq. ft., 262 parking spaces
- Variances
- Reduce the front landscape strip along the power line easement from 20 ft. to 0 ft.; raise parking from 168 to 262 spaces
- Informal Staff View
- Not supportive: staff cite the Etowah Character Area goal to preserve rural character and say commercial outside the nodes should be lower in scale and intensity. This is an informal review, not the final recommendation.
9.82 acres on Nuckolls Road and Buford Highway: retail, restaurant and day care
- Plan Number
- ZA4302
- Application Date
- 8/3/2026
- Address
- 2665 and 2689 Nuckolls Rd
- Parcel Numbers
- 173 533, 173 042, 173 264, 173 041
- Acres
- 9.82
- Applicant
- Venkateswara Rao Gollo
- Zoning Attorney
- Bettis Musgrove, LLC
- Current and Proposed Zoning
- A1, R1 and RES1 to CBD
- Suspected Use
- Four lots: three retail buildings, a restaurant with no drive through, and a day care for up to 180 children
- Buildings and Parking
- 55,089 sq. ft., 280 parking spaces (per the staff review; a revised plan was filed Sep 18)
- Variances
- None
- Informal Staff View
- Not yet stated
Completed Rezonings
No rezoning reached a final Board of Commissioners decision in August in the county record. Two July cases closed on September 4 and will appear in the September report.
Frequently asked questions
What was rezoned in Forsyth County in August 2026?
No rezoning reached a final vote in August. Four new rezoning applications were filed, covering 80.66 acres, and all four ask for Commercial Business District (CBD) zoning for retail, office and restaurant space.
What is being built at 4310 Matt Highway?
Nakoda Bherav & Co. applied in August 2026 to rezone 36.52 acres at 4240, 4310 and 4330 Matt Highway from A1 to CBD. The concept plan shows 169,500 square feet of retail, office and restaurant buildings with 798 parking spaces. In its informal review, county staff did not support it, citing its scale outside the Sawnee Mountain node.
What is being built at 1402 Peachtree Parkway?
Shree Real Estate Developers applied in August 2026 to rezone 24.24 acres at 1402 and 1404 Peachtree Parkway from A1 and HB to CBD for 187,608 square feet of retail, office, restaurant and day care buildings with 850 parking spaces. The land is owned by the Fagan Family Limited Partnership and the Estate of Junie Phillips Fagan.
What is being built on Nuckolls Road?
ZA4302 asks to rezone 9.82 acres at 2665 and 2689 Nuckolls Road, at Buford Highway, from A1, R1 and RES1 to CBD. The revised concept plan shows retail buildings, a restaurant with no drive through and a day care for up to 180 children.
Why were there no residential rezonings in August?
Forsyth County has a moratorium on rezoning land into its residential districts, extended on October 15, 2026 and now in place through April 13, 2027. Every rezoning filed in August asked for commercial zoning.
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