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A Natural Lands representative recently informed the Westtown Township supervisors that the organization is nearing finalization of its acquisition of the remaining 206 acres of…

When it comes to new housing in the Philadelphia suburbs, Chester County is ahead of the curve. Compared to the rest of the collar counties…

Natural Lands has finalized four conservation easements on 102 acres at Crebilly Farm in Chester County. These easements—permanent, legal restrictions on development—are one…

A brotherly dispute over how the historic Crebilly Farm’s proceeds should be handled was set aside temporarily, writes Michael P. Rellahan for The Daily…

Following the expiry of the original deadline, the buyers of Crebilly Farm in Chester County have been granted an additional year by the owner — the…

At the public meeting, Chester County Commissioners Marian Moskowitz, Josh Maxwell, and Michelle Kichline approved a grant of $4.2 million awarded to Westtown Township…

Gov. Tom Wolf announced that two projects in Chester County that will provide scenic recreation parks have been awarded grants totaling $4.67 million, writes…

Westtown voters overwhelmingly approved a tax increase that would preserve Crebilly Farm, one of the biggest unprotected properties in Chester County threatened by development, in…

The fight to preserve Crebilly Farm in Westtown seems to be headed to a successful conclusion. While much of the 309 acres are going toward…

Westtown Township was awarded $2 million from Department of Conservation and Natural Resources to acquire and preserve Crebilly Farm, one of the largest, historically significant…

Natural Lands announced that the owners of Crebilly Farm have signed an agreement of sale that opens a path for the permanent protection of the…

At a meeting tonight, April 4, Westtown Township officials will discuss the possibility of purchasing almost two-thirds of the 322-acre Crebilly Farm from…

Crebilly Farm in Westtown Township has been put on the market once again by the Robinson family, prompting Natural Lands to intensify its attempts to…

Natural Lands, the land conservation nonprofit, strongly intends to help preserve the historic 322 acres of Crebilly Farm in Westtown Township, writes Bill Rettew for…

Although the matter was moot since Toll Brothers no longer has a sale agreement with the Robinson family, owner of the 322-acre Crebilly Farm…

Toll Brothers has proposed moving the location of its planned development at Crebilly Farm in Westtown Township, where it wants to build more than 300…

Toll Brothers suffered another setback in its attempt to develop Crebilly Farm, as the Commonwealth Court affirmed the decision rendered by a Common Pleas judge…

As Toll Brothers and Westtown Township wait to hear the Commonwealth Court’s opinion on the former’s appeal of the latter’s denial of…

After nearly two years of legal battles, residents of Westtown Township continue to fight to preserve Crebilly Farm from Toll Brothers, writes Vinny Vella for…

Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court arguments on Toll Brothers’ appeal to build a 319-house subdivision at Crebilly Farm in Westtown Township have been moved to Pittsburgh…

Toll Brothers has filed an appeal to the ruling earlier this month by a Court of Common Pleas judge that upheld the decision by Westtown…

Court of Common Pleas Judge Mark Tunnell upheld a decision by Westtown Township to deny Toll Brothers a conditional use application to build homes on…

On Monday at the Chester County Justice Center, Toll Brothers presented its appeal of the denial to construct a housing development at the Crebilly Farm…

The Crebilly Farm saga continued last week as Toll Brothers appealed the decision by Westtown Township to deny it a permit to develop more than…

The decision made in December by Westtown Township supervisors to deny Toll Brothers a permit to build 317 homes on Crebilly Farm came as a…

The chances that Crebilly Farm will be preserved for future generations have improved significantly after Toll Brothers’ development plans were shut down by Westtown Township…

Following a year of heated debate about Toll Brothers’ proposed development at Crebilly Farm, Westtown Township supervisors have unanimously voted to deny a building permit…

The Brandywine Conservancy, a Chadds Ford-based nonprofit, has announced that its efforts to preserve the nearby Beaver Valley property in Concord are nearing completion…

Dr. Jim Scanlon, superintendent of the West Chester Area School District, issued a letter to the community on Monday regarding the potential impact of Toll…

Luxury homebuilder Toll Brothers has erased 80 new home lots from its proposed Crebilly Farm development in Westtown Township as a response to concerns raised…

Construction plans may soon plow into the rolling hills of Crebilly Farm southeast of downtown West Chester — if architects don’t get tangled up in…

A housing boom is ready to be sown into the fertile rolling hills of Westtown Township’s Crebilly Farm, but neighbors are fighting to keep…

A historic Westtown farmstead and 190 acres of rolling hills would be preserved amid a new housing development project by Toll Brothers, if local officials…

This evening, Westtown Township is holding an open-door hearing on the proposed Toll Brothers’ development on the 322 acres of land south of West…

Saddened by the news that historic Crebilly Farm in Westtown Township is going to be converted into 385 homes, Mindy Worth Rhodes literally got on…

Despite attempts by residents, historians, and preservationists to save historic Crebilly Farm situated at the intersection of Routes 202 and 926 in Westtown Township from…

Scenic Crebilly Farm in Westtown Township has been eyed by several developers over the last two decades, but the latest proposal by Toll Brothers might…