There is a proposal to build 141 homes on the site of the former Don Guanella School in Marple, writes Kevin Tustin for the Daily Times.

Sproul Road Developers will present its plans for 141 single and twin homes on 89 acres of the 213-acre land along Sproul and Reed roads to the Marple Planning Commission on Thursday.

The plan is a scaled-back version of a former proposal to build 230 homes and build up the institutionally-zoned front portion of the property along Route 320.

The latest proposal seeks to retain almost 50 acres of open space, keeping the Don Guanella footprint as open space as the main entrance to homes built behind it.

A second entrance is proposed just above Cardinal O’Hara High School.

Public concerns have been raised about stormwater management and sewage system access.

“(Developer Principal Peter) Miller has now proposed another housing development right in the middle of the Don Guanella forest as a cudgel to force the township to allow him to build his regional shopping center across the street from one of the busiest cemeteries in the state,” wrote an email blast from Save Marple Greenspace.

Read more about the Don Guanella tract development here.

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