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Union County administers the subdivision process for properties in Hemby Bridge or properties outside of a municipality. Visit GoMAPS to check the location of your property and review the Unified Development Ordinance to review development standards.

Step 1 - Where is the property located?

If inside Hemby Bridge or not in a municipality, proceed to step 2.
If inside one of the following municipalities, you will need to contact their respective planning department to submit through their subdivision process.

Municipality	Phone Number
Fairview	704-564-3412
Indian Trail	704-821-5401
Lake Park	704-882-8657
Marshville	704-624-2515
Marvin	704-843-1680
Mineral Springs	704-289-5331
Monroe	704-282-4511
Stallings	704-821-8557
Unionville	704-226-1989
Waxhaw	704-843-2195
Weddington	704-846-2709
Wesley Chapel	704-243-7392
Wingate	704-233-4411
Union County Planning	704-292-3565

Step 2 - Are you creating 10+ acre lots?

Step 3 - Will you install roads or water/sewer lines?

Step 4 - How many lots are you creating?

More than Eight: You will go through a major subdivision process.
Less than Eight: Even if you plan to create one one or two lots, the “Parent Parcel” as of Feb. 14, 1978 can only be subdivided to create up to eight lots before any subsequent lot created is considered a major subdivision.

Contact the planning department at 704-283-2580 to confirm whether this number has been exceeded.

If the previous and proposed number of lots is eight or fewer, then it is a minor subdivision.

If the previous and proposed number of lots is greater than eight, it is a major subdivision.

Minor Subdivision

The minor subdivision process is much faster than the one for a major subdivision.

Your plat will be reviewed to ensure the plat has the appropriate details to allow it to be recorded in the Register of Deeds. This review typically takes one week.

Major Subdivision

The major subdivision review process can take several months to complete, and involves three phases.

Sketch plan
Preliminary plan
Final plat

Click the image above to view the interactive PDF.

Application Forms for new development

What is the major subdivision process?

This outline is a guide to the three major phases for the major subdivision process and corresponds with Union County’s Unified Development Ordinance (UDO).

Preapplication Meeting

Phase 1: Sketch Plan

The sketch plan should provide enough information for county staff to gain a good understanding of the overall development.

Items should include proposed property lines, proposed streets and street right-of-way, zoning information, floodplain information, stream buffer information, etc.

For projects on County water and/or sewer the sketch plan should also comply with the Union County Water and Sewer Extension Ordinance.

Agencies involved with this review include:

Zoning
Water
Stormwater
Transportation
Environmental Health
Urban Forestry
NCDOT
School System

Phase 2: Preliminary Plan

The preliminary plan stage is the construction documents review stage. This is where water and sewer line details, road profiles, tree surveys, soil evaluations, etc. are reviewed in detail to ensure that they comply with local, state and/or federal standards.

When preliminary plan approval is given construction activity on infrastructure and general site work can commence.

Agencies involved with this review include:

Zoning
Water
Stormwater
Transportation
Environmental Health
Urban Forestry
NCDOT

Phase 3: Final Plat

The final plat is the document that is recorded in the Register of Deeds office that officially creates the new lots in the development.

Before a final plat can be recorded a review of the plat must take place to make sure it complies with the approved preliminary plan. Also, any required infrastructure or other required site features must be either installed and approved by the respective agency or a performance guarantee equal to 125% of the cost must be established.

Once the final plat is recorded building permits may be obtained to construct houses.

Performance Guarantees

These devices allow the final plat to be recorded and building permits issued for houses prior to all the infrastructure and other required site features being installed and approved.

The performance guarantee must be equal to 125% of the total cost of all incomplete construction. The amount of the guarantee must be reviewed and approved by county staff prior to the posting of the device.

When infrastructure is installed and approved the applicant can request that the performance guarantee be reduced or released. Once staff has verified that the infrastructure and/or other required site features are installed per the approved plans then the guarantee will be released.

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Application Forms for new development

What is the major subdivision process?

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