Update, Nov. 4, 2026: RidgeView Town Center's three ordinances were on Town Council's Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2026 agenda for second and final reading. The Town's meeting recording shows Council passing a unanimous roll-call vote at that point in the agenda ("Motion passes unanimously"), though the recording begins mid-vote. The Town hasn't posted the official result or minutes yet; we'll update this when it does.
Castle Rock's Planning Commission held two public hearings Thursday, Oct. 8, 2026: a 112-home neighborhood in Crystal Valley Ranch, and RidgeView Town Center, a proposed commercial annexation on North Ridge Road. Both passed the commission 5-0. RidgeView then cleared first reading at Town Council on Oct. 20, also unanimously, and second and final reading on Nov. 3, also unanimously.
The Sept. 24 meeting that would have preceded it was canceled.
The Hearing
| When | Thursday, Oct. 8, 2026, 6pm |
| Where | Town Council Chambers, Castle Rock Town Hall, 100 N. Wilcox Street |
| Format | In person only |
| Comment by email | [email protected], by 4pm on Oct. 8 |
The Planning Commission reviews each application, takes public comment and sends a recommendation to Town Council. It doesn't make the final call.
Crystal Valley Ranch: 112 Single-Family Homes
The proposed Site Development Plan covers about 21 acres northwest of the Crystal Valley Parkway and Snow Goose Road intersection, east of Rhyolite Park.
- 112 single-family detached homes
- 4.58 acres (about 22% of the site) of public and private open space, including a 0.9-acre tract that serves as a buffer to the existing neighborhood east of the property
- Two access points, both from Crystal Valley Parkway
The site was once held for a school. The Town dedicated this land, Planning Area 3-A, under a development agreement that kept it as a potential Douglas County School District site. In early 2025, DCSD told the Town it no longer planned a school there, which triggered the process of conveying the property back to the original owner, now applying as CVR PA3A LLC, to build housing instead.
The west entrance doubles as Rhyolite Park's new front door. The neighborhood's western access point, Fabled Oak Drive, will extend north from its current end at Bittern Lane and curve into the new subdivision — and it will also serve as Rhyolite Park's new entry drive, replacing the park's access off Bittern Lane. Fabled Oak Drive is planned to connect to a roundabout at Crystal Valley Parkway that the Town expects to build in 2027.
The fourth and final neighborhood meeting on this plan was Monday, Oct. 5, in Room C at the Philip & Jerry Miller Library. The commission approved the plan 5-0 on Oct. 8, on its consent calendar, with Carlos Salinas, Todd Warnke, Kevin McHugh, Mitchell Sawin and Alex Delaney all voting yes. It goes next to a Town Council public hearing on Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2026, at 6pm, per the staff report; that meeting wasn't on Legistar yet as of Oct. 22.
The plans are on the Town's Development Activity Map (search "Crystal Valley Ranch Single Family Detached"), or go straight to the proposed plan PDF and vicinity map.
RidgeView Town Center: Annexation and Commercial Zoning
This one asks the Town to annex about 10.54 acres at 895 N. Ridge Road and zone it as a Planned Development for business and commercial use.
- Allowed: office, retail, restaurants, and medical and dental clinics
- No residential development is proposed
- Prohibited: auto service, fueling stations, car washes, indoor or outdoor storage, animal daycare, and drug and alcohol rehabilitation facilities
- Up to 54,000 square feet of commercial space
- At least 6,000 square feet of full-service restaurant is required
- 25-foot maximum building height, per the Town's Skyline/Ridgeline Protection Regulations
- About 21 percent of the site zoned as open space
The neighborhood meeting on it was Monday, Sept. 28, at Cantril School, 312 Cantril Street. Planning Commission voted 5-0 in favor on Oct. 8, on a motion from Alex Delaney. Town Council then took it up Tuesday, Oct. 20, and approved all three pieces on first reading, each 7-0: the annexation (Ordinance 2026-040), the initial Planned Development zoning (Ordinance 2026-041) and a development agreement that vests the site-specific development plan through Dec. 31, 2036 (Ordinance 2026-042). All three were on the agenda for second and final reading Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2026; the meeting recording shows a unanimous roll-call vote at that point, and the official result hasn't been posted yet.
Plans: vicinity map, annexation map and Planned Development plan and zoning regulations.
What Happens Next
RidgeView Town Center went to Town Council for second and final reading Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2026, where the recording shows a unanimous roll-call vote; the Town hasn't posted the official result yet. Crystal Valley Ranch's 112-home plan still goes to its Town Council public hearing on Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2026. The vote records above are from the Town's Legistar system.
For more on what's been built and proposed around town, see our coverage of Chateau Valley and the AdventHealth ER and urgent care in Crystal Valley.
Sources: Town of Castle Rock public notice, Planning Commission hearing, Crystal Valley Ranch Single Family Neighborhood SDP (posted Sept. 16, 2026); Town of Castle Rock, Crystal Valley Ranch neighborhood meeting notice (posted Sept. 16, 2026); Crystal Valley Ranch Site Development Plan staff report, Planning Commission Agenda Memorandum (school-site history, Fabled Oak Drive/Rhyolite Park entry, open space acreage, Nov. 17 Council hearing date); Town of Castle Rock public notice, Planning Commission hearing, RidgeView Town Center (posted Sept. 22, 2026); Town of Castle Rock public notice, Town Council hearing, RidgeView Town Center (posted Sept. 22, 2026); Town of Castle Rock, RidgeView neighborhood meeting notice (posted Sept. 11, 2026); RidgeView Town Center PD Plan and Zoning Regulations; Planning Commission Sept. 24, 2026 agenda, cancellation notice; Planning Commission Oct. 8, 2026 meeting record on Legistar (5-0 votes on both items, movers); Town Council Oct. 20, 2026 meeting record on Legistar (Ordinances 2026-040, 2026-041 and 2026-042 approved on first reading, 7-0 each); Town Council Nov. 3, 2026 meeting record on Legistar (Ordinances 2026-040, 2026-041 and 2026-042 listed for second reading; results not yet posted as of Nov. 4); Town Council Nov. 3, 2026 meeting video (unanimous roll-call vote at that point in the agenda). Checked Sept. 26-27, Oct. 5, Oct. 12, Oct. 22 and Nov. 4, 2026 (Legistar Web API, Events 4635, 4577 and 4578).