Pinelands Commission certified Manchester's Amended Fourth Round Housing Element and Fair Share Plan, which counts the Heritage Minerals site, by a 9 to 0 vote.
The exact site has not been made public, so it is shown at the middle of Manchester Township.
Project phase
- Application filed
- Hearing held
- Approved
- State permits pending
- Under construction
- Fully built
- Town
- Manchester Township
- County
- Ocean County
- Type
- Residential
- Latest step
- Jul 10, 2026
The project
The township plans to revise the RC-2 district to permit 2,450 homes: 1,153 age-restricted market-rate, 929 market-rate family, 73 age-restricted affordable and 295 family affordable.
What usually comes next
The board usually votes once its questions are answered, then puts the decision in writing in a resolution.
Pinelands packet memo on Manchester's amended housing plan lists the Heritage Minerals (Hovsons) site as an inclusionary housing site for 2,450 homes.
Manchester Township Planning Board voted 7 to 0 at a special meeting to approve an amendment to its Fair Share Housing Plan that carries a settlement with Hovson Heritage Minerals: a rezoned site with a maximum of 2,450 dwelling units. The planner listed 1,153 age-restricted market-rate, 925 market-rate family, 73 age-restricted affordable and 259 family affordable homes.
Each step is our own summary of a public board or agency document, linked where the document is online. A project's status can change at the next meeting. General information, not legal advice. Justin Kelly, NJ Real Estate Broker-Salesperson, License #1540232. Brokered with OMNI Real Estate Professionals. Equal Housing Opportunity.