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  "description": "The difference between a site plan and a recorded plat (and why it matters).",
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  "publishedAt": "2026-02-24T22:39:21.000Z",
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  "textContent": "🗺️\n\nTwo Practical Takeaways\n1. ****A quiet site doesn’t mean nothing’s happening.**** A project might be in the “permits, improvements, platting” phase after preliminary approvals.\n2. ****If a proposal includes new lots, streets, or utility extensions, it’s not “just a site plan.”**** Subdivision/plat rules apply, and recording matters.\n\nIf you’re following a project near you under Durham's Unified Development Ordinance, you’ll hear terms like **site plan** , **preliminary plat** , and **final plat -** often used interchangeably.\n\nThey’re not the same thing. And knowing the difference explains why:\n\n  * a project can be “approved” but still sit quiet for months (or years), and\n  * a neighborhood can see plan sets change without a new headline vote.\n\n\n\n__Become a free subscriber to access the full article!__\n\n SUBSCRIBE! \n\n### This post is for subscribers only\n\nBecome a member to get access to all content\n\nSubscribe now",
  "title": "Site Plans and Subdivisions: What \"Approved\" Actually Means",
  "updatedAt": "2026-02-24T22:39:21.000Z"
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