An application for a controversial zoning change for Stanhope Stables in West Hills that would have allowed for 59 units of housing to be built on the 16-acre property, is set to be withdrawn this week, said a spokesman for the developer.
A spokesman for Jericho-based developer B2K at West Hills LLC at 300 Jericho Tpke., said on Wednesday that several weeks ago company officials began discussing the withdrawal of the application to go from 2-acre to cluster zoning, or less than a quarter of an acre, on the Downs Road property.
A statement to Newsday said the company “has made a business decision to withdraw from its purchase as our company realigns its strategic focus on other development opportunities and existing projects on Long Island and in other parts of the nation.”
A formal letter to the town will be sent this week, the spokesman said.
Huntington Town Supervisor Ed Smyth said the town is considering acquiring the property through its open space purchasing program.
“We plan to look into the feasibility of acquiring Stanhope Stables as a public park and maintaining the equestrian use of the park,” Smyth said.
He said there is $7.1 million in the acquisition account of the town’s Environmental Open Space & Park Fund Advisory Committee program. He said town officials had set money aside to purchase 160 acres of the Seminary of the Immaculate Conception in Lloyd Harbor in partnership with the state, Suffolk County, and the Oyster Bay-based North Shore Land Alliance.
The town was informed in the spring that the state wanted to move forward in the Lloyd Harbor deal without the town or county, Smyth said, so now the money could potentially go toward purchasing the stable property.
Nancy Henderson, owner of Stanhope Stables, said she has not yet heard from the town, but has a meeting next week with Suffolk County officials to discuss selling the property’s development rights.
“I would prefer that the property remain a stable,”…
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