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Development radar — Polk County, September 2026

By Carlos González, Real Estate Broker · 6 min read

The Development Radar is our monthly digest of what local governments in Polk County are about to discuss: rezonings, Future Land Use Map (FLUM) amendments, and projects that reach public agendas months before they show up in the ground. Every item in this issue was verified against its official agenda, live — we publish only the ones whose link resolved and whose status appears verbatim on that agenda, next to the item it describes. In September, the Board of County Commissioners' September 15 agenda listed an adoption hearing on a FLUM change for 38.11± acres on Pavers Road and the first reading of a Land Development Code text amendment for the Eloise Main Street Corridor; its consent agenda also carried items to set hearings on five further cases, among them a large-scale Comprehensive Plan amendment covering ±1,261 acres (Mims Crossing). In Dundee, the agendas listed the Comprehensive Plan update (EAR) and the Vista del Lago Phase IV subdivision site development plan, which came back a week later for reconsideration; in Haines City, a conditional use for a daycare center.

Polk County

  1. FLUM Pavers Road: RDA → UGA — 38.11± acres (LDCPAS-2026-12)

    Polk County Board of County Commissioners

    Status on agenda: “Public Hearings”

    Adoption hearing on a small-scale Comprehensive Plan amendment to change the Future Land Use Map designation from Rural Development Area (RDA) to Urban Growth Area (UGA) on 38.11± acres.

    View official agenda

  2. Eloise Main Street Corridor — Land Development Code text amendment (LDCT-2026-13)

    Polk County Board of County Commissioners

    Status on agenda: “Public Hearings”

    First reading of an ordinance amending Appendix E, Section E105 of the Land Development Code to establish the permitted, conditional and prohibited uses in the Main Street Corridor (MSC) land use district and implement additional development standards; the agenda notes the case is related to LDCPAS-2026-6.

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  3. Mims Crossing — set hearings, PM → IND on ±1,261 acres (LDCPAL-2025-7)

    Polk County Board of County Commissioners

    Status on agenda: “Consent Agenda”

    Consent-agenda item to set the hearings on a large-scale Comprehensive Plan amendment changing the Future Land Use Map designation from Phosphate Mining (PM) to Industrial (IND) on ±1,261 acres; the agenda suggests a first reading on October 6, 2026 and an adoption hearing on December 15, 2026, both at 9:15 a.m.

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  4. Eloise — set hearing, future land use change on 34.05 acres to MSC, CAC and INST (LDCPAS-2026-6)

    Polk County Board of County Commissioners

    Status on agenda: “Consent Agenda”

    Consent-agenda item to set the hearing on a small-scale Comprehensive Plan amendment changing the future land use designation on 34.05 acres from Residential-Low (RL), Institutional (INST) and Office Center (OC) to Main Street Corridor (MSC), Community Activity Center (CAC) and Institutional (INST); the agenda suggests October 6, 2026, at 9:15 a.m., as the adoption date.

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  5. Land Development Code Chapter 9 — set hearings, development review procedures (LDCT-2026-17)

    Polk County Board of County Commissioners

    Status on agenda: “Consent Agenda”

    Consent-agenda item to set the hearings on amendments to Chapter 9 of the Land Development Code that, among other changes, remove the mandatory DRC attendance requirement for Level 2 applications, clarify the pre-application requirement for Comprehensive Plan amendments, and provide standards for infrastructure agreements and pre-application meetings; the agenda suggests a first reading on October 6, 2026 and an adoption hearing on October 20, 2026, both at 9:15 a.m.

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  6. Poinciana APV — set hearings, allowable uses within the L/R west of Lake Marion Creek Drive (LDCT-2026-6)

    Polk County Board of County Commissioners

    Status on agenda: “Consent Agenda”

    Consent-agenda item to set the hearings on an amendment to Appendix E, Section E105 of the Land Development Code limiting allowable uses within the L/R and providing for a development block and prohibited uses, subject to LDCPAS-2026-9, on a property on the west side of Lake Marion Creek Drive, north of Marigold Avenue; the agenda suggests a first reading on October 6, 2026 and an adoption hearing on October 20, 2026, both at 9:15 a.m.

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  7. Poinciana Subdivision Neighborhood 3 West, Village 8 — set hearing, partial plat vacation

    Polk County Board of County Commissioners

    Status on agenda: “Consent Agenda”

    Consent-agenda item to set the hearing to consider the vacation of rights-of-way and easements within a residential development that was platted but not constructed; the agenda suggests October 6, 2026, at 9:15 a.m.

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  8. Impact Fee Credit Agreement — Home Depot at Davenport Blvd. and U.S. Highway 27

    Polk County Board of County Commissioners

    Status on agenda: “Consent Agenda”

    The consent agenda lists an Impact Fee Credit Agreement for Home Depot at Davenport Blvd. and US Highway 27, noted as having no direct cash fiscal impact.

    View official agenda

City of Haines City

  1. Conditional use for a daycare center in Oak Ridge Plaza (Resolution No. 26-1942)

    Haines City Commission

    Status on agenda: “NEW BUSINESS”

    The agenda lists Resolution No. 26-1942 for the conditional use of a daycare center in Oak Ridge Plaza; the item text gives no further detail.

    View official agenda
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Town of Dundee

  1. Evaluation and Appraisal Report (EAR) — Town of Dundee Comprehensive Plan update

    Dundee Town Commission

    Status on agenda: “PUBLIC HEARING”

    The agenda lists discussion and action on the Town of Dundee Evaluation and Appraisal Report (EAR) and Comprehensive Plan update; the item text gives no further detail.

    View official agenda

  2. Vista del Lago Phase IV — subdivision site development plan (Resolution 26-24)

    Dundee Town Commission

    Status on agenda: “NEW BUSINESS”

    The agenda lists discussion and action on Resolution 26-24 for the Vista del Lago Phase IV subdivision site development plan.

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  3. Vista del Lago Phase IV — site development plan reconsideration (Resolution 26-29, which would replace 26-24)

    Dundee Town Commission

    Status on agenda: “NEW BUSINESS”

    The September 8 agenda lists discussion and action on Resolution 26-29, proposed to rescind and replace Resolution No. 26-24 and approve the Vista del Lago Phase IV subdivision site development plan following reconsideration and rehearing.

    View official agenda

Sources

  1. Polk County — Board of County Commissioners agenda, September 15, 2026 (Legistar) — accessed October 7, 2026
  2. Haines City — City Commission agenda, September 24, 2026 (eScribe) — accessed October 7, 2026
  3. Town of Dundee — Town Commission agenda, September 1, 2026 (PDF, MCC) — accessed October 7, 2026
  4. Town of Dundee — Town Commission agenda, September 8, 2026 (PDF, MCC) — accessed October 7, 2026