Goose Creek Basin (Coordinated Study / UGB expansion)

The Goose Creek Basin is a planning-stage growth area at Franklin's southern gateway, east of I-65, where the City of Franklin has been mapping out how future neighborhoods take shape around the Goose Creek Bypass and the Berry Farms area. It is important to understand what this is — and what it isn't. This is not a single, approved subdivision you can walk today; it's a city-led planning and pipeline framework. Franklin amended its Urban Growth Boundary to include parcels in the Goose Creek Basin, and the remaining parcels received a Design Concept that was integrated into the Envision Franklin land-use plan on June 26, 2025. If you're tracking where new construction is likely to come online at Franklin's southern edge, this is one of the areas the city has set the table for.

Builders and home styles in the Goose Creek Basin

Because the Goose Creek Basin is a coordinated study and growth-boundary expansion rather than a built community, there is no confirmed builder list to share yet. As individual subdivisions move from planning into approval and construction, specific builders, floor plans, square footage, bedroom and bathroom counts, lot sizes, and home features will be defined by each developer. We won't guess at any of that here — when there are real builders and real product lines to compare, we'll pull the current details for you.

The planning documents do reference residential subdivisions associated with this part of Franklin — Highlands at Ladd Park and Stream Valley — which together are expected to include nearly 2,000 residential units at full completion. Treat those as the planned scale of the area rather than a menu of homes you can buy today. Counts, phasing, and what actually gets built can shift as projects advance, so anything time-sensitive here should be confirmed live.

Amenities and day-to-day lifestyle

What gives the Goose Creek Basin its character is its setting at Franklin's southern gateway. Two things anchor day-to-day life in this part of town as it develops:

• The Berry Farms Town Center context — a nearby mixed-use core that shapes the southern-gateway feel of this area
• Goose Creek Bypass and the I-65 interchange access that the growth plan is organized around

Beyond those, community-level amenities — pools, trails, parks, clubhouses, and the like — will be defined subdivision by subdivision as projects are designed and approved. We won't assume any specific amenity is included until it's confirmed for a particular neighborhood and phase, and we can walk you through what's planned versus what's actually open once there are homes to see.

Location and commute

The Goose Creek Basin sits east of I-65 at Franklin's southern gateway, with the growth plan built around the Goose Creek Bypass and the I-65 interchange. That puts direct interstate access at the center of how this area is meant to connect to the rest of Middle Tennessee. Whether that translates to an easy commute for you depends entirely on where you're headed and when you leave — traffic on I-65 and the surrounding corridors shifts a lot by time of day.

Rather than rely on a generic estimate, the best move is to clock the drive yourself at your real departure time. Once a specific homesite is on the table, run the route to your office, school, or the places you visit most during the exact window you'd actually be driving. That gives you a far more honest picture than any single number. If you tell us where you're commuting, we're happy to help you think through the route.

Who it fits

Right now, the Goose Creek Basin tends to fit buyers who are planning ahead and want to understand where Franklin's southern-gateway growth is being directed before homes are even on the market. If you value being near I-65 interchange access and the Berry Farms Town Center context, and you're comfortable buying into a still-developing area where the specific subdivisions, builders, and home types are taking shape over time, this is a part of town worth watching. As always, the right fit comes down to the specific home, builder, and phase once those exist — which is where comparing real options carefully will matter most.

What to verify before you buy here

• Current pricing — there's no confirmed pricing for this planning-stage area yet, and new-construction prices change fast, so confirm live numbers for any specific subdivision once it's available rather than relying on a figure you saw online
• HOA dues and exactly what they cover (amenities, common-area maintenance, and any shared infrastructure) for the specific neighborhood you're considering
• Lot specifics — size, orientation, and any premiums for the exact homesite, once homesites are defined
• Builder warranty terms, and a clear line-by-line on what's included versus what's a paid upgrade, for whichever builder ends up active here
• Timeline — where the subdivision sits in the approval and construction pipeline, and the realistic window before homes are ready
• The real commute — drive your actual routes at your actual departure times before you decide

How the Goose Creek Basin got to this point

This planning area didn't appear overnight. The City of Franklin has been annexing land in the Goose Creek Basin — south of Long Lane and east of I-65 — for several years: 26 parcels totaling 474 acres were annexed by referendum on October 22, 2019, followed by 9 more parcels totaling 341 acres on November 3, 2020, for roughly 850 annexed acres outside the prior Urban Growth Boundary. In 2021, the city hired a consultant team (Rundell Ernstberger Associates, CDM Smith, and Tischler Bise) to complete the Goose Creek Coordinated Study, covering land use, the roadway network, a market analysis, a fiscal-efficiency-of-land-use analysis, an infrastructure financing strategy, and a traffic model. The Goose Creek Basin covers 10,372 total acres inside Franklin's Urban Growth Boundary, of which the city has identified roughly 2,400 acres as developable. The Williamson County Growth Plan — the first countywide update since 2001 — was formally adopted on November 14, 2024, expanding Franklin's UGB in the Goose Creek area as part of that process.

Roads planned to serve the area

Franklin's Connect Franklin transportation plan names several roadway connections meant to serve growth in this part of town, including an extension of Carothers Parkway, the Goose Creek Bypass, and the widening of Peytonsville Road. The city adopted Resolution 2025-04, Amendment 6 to the Comprehensive Transportation Network (Major Thoroughfare) Plan, updating the roadway network specifically in the Goose Creek area near Carothers Parkway and Peytonsville Road. A road appearing on a thoroughfare plan is a planning commitment, not a construction start date — funding and construction timing for any specific segment should be confirmed with the city before you factor it into a decision. For location context, the Goose Creek Basin sits east of the already-developed Berry Farms mixed-use area (roughly 600 acres, built out by Boyle Investment Company with residential, retail, and office space near the Peytonsville Road/I-65 interchange) — a separate, existing project, not part of the Goose Creek study area itself.

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