Caldwell Drive Subdivision

Caldwell Drive is one of the earliest things a new-construction buyer can track in Hendersonville — a community on paper before it is a community on the ground. As of mid-2026 it is a proposed 18-lot single-family development on roughly 75.5 acres at 155 Caldwell Drive, submitted by JLR Property Holdings LLC, and it is still moving through approvals rather than selling homes. The Hendersonville Planning Commission deferred the preliminary plat vote pending additional information, which means the plan hasn't been finalized. We're writing this so you can follow it from the ground floor, not because there are model homes to walk yet.

Where it sits

The site is on Hendersonville's western edge, south of the Twelve Stones subdivision. That puts it on the side of town that faces the Hendersonville-to-Nashville commute corridor, which is the practical draw for buyers who work toward the city. Hendersonville itself sits along Old Hickory Lake in Sumner County, and the lake shapes how the wider area lives — though Caldwell Drive's exact relationship to the water isn't something the filed plan establishes, so treat it as a Hendersonville location rather than a lake parcel until that's confirmed. As a larger-acreage plan set back from the busier commercial stretches, the appeal here is space and a newer-home setting rather than walkability.

The homes here

Per the filed plan, Caldwell Drive is single-family only, and every one of the proposed lots exceeds one acre. No builders have been named and no home types, square footages, or features have been published, so anything beyond "large-lot single-family" would be guesswork at this stage. When a builder is announced and plans are released, the one-acre-plus lots are the detail worth watching — that kind of acreage tends to attract custom or semi-custom homes rather than tight production rows.

Who it fits

If the proposal goes through as filed, Caldwell Drive fits a buyer who wants a brand-new home on real elbow room — an acre-plus lot on Hendersonville's commute-friendly western side without going fully rural. It is a long-horizon option, better suited to someone who can wait out the approval and build timeline than to anyone who needs to be in a house this season. For buyers drawn to the larger-lot, newer-construction profile, it is worth keeping on a shortlist alongside what's already selling nearby.

What to verify before you buy here

• Approval status — confirm the Planning Commission has approved the preliminary and final plats; the vote was deferred as of reporting, so the 18-lot layout isn't final.
• Builder and pricing — none are published yet; get them in writing once a builder is named, and treat any early number as preliminary.
• Lot specifics — verify acreage, setbacks, and any easements on the exact lot you're considering, since acreage lots often carry well, septic, or drainage considerations.
• Timeline — ask for a realistic delivery window before committing, given the project is still pre-approval.
• HOA and restrictions — confirm whether an HOA, dues, and covenants will apply and what they cover.

What actually happened at the Planning Commission

The filed plan has a specific paper trail worth knowing. At its August 5, 2025 meeting, the Hendersonville Planning Commission took up the preliminary plat for Caldwell Drive and voted unanimously to defer it to the September meeting rather than approve or deny it. Of the 18 total lots in the filing, 16 would be newly created — the other two are the existing owner's home and a farm lot, both already on the property. The developer's representative, Andy Leath of GreenLID Design, asked for the deferral to give JLR Property Holdings time to address the commission's questions. That's the most recent public status we've been able to confirm; we have not found a record of a September 2025 vote or any 2026 Planning Commission action on this address, so treat the plan as still in the deferred, pre-approval stage until we or the city can confirm otherwise.

The deferral centered on two issues. First, several commissioners — including Vanessa Silkwood, Michael Martin, and Wendy Slatery — raised concerns about prior grading and stream work on the property and its potential flooding impact, and asked for additional flood-study data before a vote. Second, commissioner Charles Hasty objected to an equestrian easement that, as filed, would run through and effectively halve several of the one-acre lots, telling the applicant, "You're going to sell me an acre and then take half of it." Planning staff separately asked JLR Property Holdings to define the easement's intended use clearly and to keep it free of structures. Hasty also noted the plan is small enough that the city's zoning ordinance doesn't require a traffic impact study for it. (Source: Main Street Media of Tennessee, Aug. 14, 2025, reporting on the Aug. 5, 2025 meeting.)

Where it sits, more specifically

155 Caldwell Drive sits south of the Twelve Stones subdivision, which is itself organized around Twelve Stones Crossing Golf Club near the Hendersonville/Goodlettsville line, with newer neighborhood phases like Cottage Grove and The Vineyard at Twelve Stones Crossing built out along Willis Branch Road. That's the general pocket Caldwell Drive would sit within — a mix of golf-adjacent newer subdivisions and larger older parcels on Hendersonville's western edge. It's a useful reference point for orientation, not a claim about amenities or access for the Caldwell Drive lots themselves, which the filed plan doesn't address.