Leander City Council has signed off on the build-out schedule for Oakwood Hills, a large-lot subdivision in the Travis County part of the city. Leander, Texas, officials unanimously approved the Oakwood Hills phasing plan on Oct. 15, Community Impact reported.
The property stretches 337 acres north of the intersection of Nameless Road and Shady Mountain Road. The council agenda item describes 188 single-family lots in four phases on seven parcels, under Subdivision Case CP-25-0051, generally located west of Nameless Road and approximately 1,050 feet north of Shady Mountain Road.
Four phases, tied to water
The plan breaks the lots into these phases:
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- Phase 1: 16 lots
- Phase 2: 71 lots
- Phase 3: 96 lots
- Phase 4: the last five lots
That lets the developer build the first 183 homes across the first three phases. The city can provide water to 184 lots today, but upgrades to city systems are needed to serve all 188 planned lots, so the last five homes wait until the city finishes its water work. Construction on the Hero Way West storage tank and water line is expected to begin in fiscal year 2028.
Leander reviews any project that would build 30 or more lots at one time as part of its water management.
Big lots, rural zoning
Oakwood Hills is zoned single-family rural, so lots must be at least an acre. Developers are planning about 6 acres of private parks and a trail system. City rules for preliminary plats call for at least 7.5 acres of parkland per 100 units, so the developer has proposed paying a fee in lieu of parkland for the difference.
What's next
A phasing plan approves the timeline, not construction itself. Before work starts, the project still needs a floodplain development permit, and the developer has to address concerns raised by the city and FEMA. Nameless Road, which Jonestown and Travis County maintain today, will need a traffic study and improvements. Whether Oakwood Hills gets a secondary access road or residential fire sprinklers will be decided at the preliminary plat stage.
Sources
- Leander officials OK phasing plan for 337-acre Oakwood Hills neighborhood, Community Impact
- Oct. 15, 2026 Leander City Council regular meeting, agenda item 18, City of Leander
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