From Charlottesville Tomorrow –

The Redfields Development Corp. has filed a lawsuit against the Albemarle County Board of Supervisors for denying a request to expand the neighborhood. 
The county wants the suit dismissed.

If the property was zoned/approved in 1990 for development, and it hasn’t been downzoned since, I’m failing to see the logic of denying the developers’ application now. “You’ve made money” doesn’t strike me as a viable argument; “… (they have) reaped the financial rewards of its planned residential development zoning classification for 22 years …”

Along that same vein, it seems both the County and the Developer share responsibility for not clearly communicating to the Redfields residents (and each other) that that “open space” was actually “site of future development.”

Related reading:

– This is why I tell my clients that everything can change

– If you don’t own it, it’s going to change

– The Four Corners principle in real estate

See here if you’re looking for homes for sale in Redfields.