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Alford Farms

SR 207 / Alford Road, East Palatka

East Palatka PUD on SR 207 at Alford Road — Putnam case PUD24-000004. SJRWMD ERP IND-107-224892-1 issued Nov 25, 2025. Open the file below; no recorded plat and not listed as selling yet. D.R. Horton is named as an agent in the county file, not a public model-home community.

Flood-map note: FIRM 12107C0212C.

File at a glance

Status
Permitting

Environmental, stormwater, or building permits are under review.

Selling homes?
No

No confirmed home sales in the public file

Builder
D.R. Horton, Inc. (named as agent in county filings)

Charles Alford Jr. & Kathryn Clapp (applicants on rezoning)

Lots
559

Rezoning materials cited 700

County case
PUD24-000004

Ordinance 2024-017

Last checked
Aug 20, 2026

From latest public-file summary on this site

Stage 4 of 8 · Permitting

Environmental, stormwater, or building permits are under review.

File facts

Numbers from the public file.

Area
East Palatka
Location
SR 207 / Alford Road, East Palatka
Acres
165
Lots (best known)
559
Lots at rezoning
700
Commercial sq ft
60,000
Builder / agent
D.R. Horton, Inc. (named as agent in county filings)
Applicant / developer
Charles Alford Jr. & Kathryn Clapp (applicants on rezoning)
County case
PUD24-000004
Ordinance
2024-017
SJRWMD file
224892-1

Verify yourself

County and agency pages win if anything here disagrees.

Latest summary · Aug 20, 2026

As of a public-file review in August 2026, Alford Farms is still in engineering and environmental permitting. Putnam County approved an Agriculture-to-PUD rezoning on August 13, 2024 (Ordinance 2024-017, case PUD24-000004) for roughly 165 acres along SR 207 and Alford Road in East Palatka. The entitlement described up to 700 single-family homes plus about 60,000 square feet of commercial space, an amenity center, and a park. Later engineering materials (September 2025) show a 559-lot layout. D.R. Horton, Inc. is named as an agent in the county file. St. Johns River Water Management District file 224892-1 was received August 29, 2024. An RAI went out February 20, 2025; a partial response followed in June 2025. No plat has been recorded and no model home is open.

Rezoning materials described up to 700 single-family homes. September 2025 engineering documents describe a 559-lot layout. The lower number is typical as plans move from entitlement to construction documents — it is not a cancellation.

Site location

29.66240°N 81.56880°W

Alford FarmsOpenStreetMap

Timeline

  1. Planning Commission recommendation

    Putnam County Planning Commission reviewed the Alford Farms PUD request and recommended approval 5–2.

    Source: Putnam County Planning Commission

  2. BOCC first reading

    Board of County Commissioners advanced the rezoning on first reading, 4–1, with requested revisions.

    Source: Putnam County BOCC

  3. PUD rezoning approved

    BOCC adopted Ordinance 2024-017, rezoning the tract from Agriculture (AG) to Planned Unit Development (PUD), case PUD24-000004.

    Source: Ordinance 2024-017

  4. SJRWMD application received

    Environmental resource / stormwater application 224892-1 received by St. Johns River Water Management District.

    Source: SJRWMD file 224892-1

  5. SJRWMD request for additional information

    District issued an RAI, which is routine on large residential ERP files and means the review stayed open.

    Source: SJRWMD

  6. Partial RAI response

    Applicant materials were treated as a partial RAI response. Additional documentation was still required.

    Source: SJRWMD correspondence

  7. 559-lot engineering layout

    Engineering documents in the file describe a 559-lot development layout, down from the 700-home entitlement envelope.

    Source: County / permit engineering materials

  8. Permit review still active

    Public reporting of the file in spring 2026 still showed environmental permitting as open. No confirmed start of home sales.

    Source: Public record compilation

Updates

  • Aug 20, 2026

    August 2026 file check: still permitting, not sales

    A fresh pass over the public file in August 2026 found no plat recording and no confirmed home-sale opening. Status remains engineering and environmental permitting under PUD24-000004.

  • Apr 15, 2026

    Alford Farms still in permit review, not sales

    Spring 2026 file reads still show SJRWMD and engineering work as the live step. Rezoning from August 2024 is the last major political milestone. No confirmed plat recording or model-home opening.

Lists for the move

Short practical lists on this site — storm season, the truck, closing week, first summer, well lots, the desk, and the yard. No brokerage pitch.

Is Alford Farms approved, selling, or still a county file?