Current statusRAI response filed
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Protect the course. Protect the creek. Protect the wildlife.

Campaign position, not an agency finding. Neighbors are not choosing between a conservation project and the course they have. If the Brooker Creek Mitigation Bank is permitted, Tarpon Woods becomes a private wetland-credit site — not a park. If the bank is denied or withdrawn, the owner is not required to keep a golf course open, and the historical 320-unit County number does not vanish. Incomplete is not protection.

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Confirmed by current official record: no separate County housing application was identified in the records reviewed for this site. Unfiled is not impossible.

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Campaign position, not an agency finding

What’s at stake

Campaign position, not an agency finding. If this neighborhood only tracks the permit portal, it can still lose the landscape.

If the bank is permittedThe course becomes a credit site, not a park. If the bank is deniedThe owner still does not have to run a golf course. 320 units remain a County-document number. If the tracks combineEasement on part of the land, housing fight on the rest. Not filed. Not impossible. The roster is publicFormer District jobs, a trade-association board, and a public CLE are on the calendar. Not a charge sheet.
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A neighborhood desk for Tarpon Woods.

A neighborhood-wide desk for contacts, calendar, flooding, golf balls, and upkeep. Does not replace any condo or multifamily board.

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Current Status

Applicant filed its RAI response; District review is next

The applicants filed a 121-page response on August 26, 2026 to SWFWMD's December 14, 2025 Request for Additional Information. Filing the response is not District acceptance, a completeness determination, or permit approval. No permit approval is shown in the reviewed record.

RAI response filed
Application
930235

Brooker Creek Mitigation Bank

Permit identifier
47575.002
Last agency action
August 18, 2026

SWFWMD approved another time extension. The District set September 14, 2026 as the new applicant response date.

Last applicant filing
August 26, 2026

Applicants filed a 121-page RAI response. The package contains revised plans, credit calculations, cost tables, legal drafts, and applicant responses. Its contents remain applicant assertions unless and until SWFWMD evaluates them.

Former outside response date
September 14, 2026

The applicants filed their response on August 26, before this outside date. September 14 is no longer an upcoming filing deadline on this site and was never a public hearing or universal petition deadline.

Next project-specific public date
None verified

No next project-specific public meeting, hearing, or public-comment date has been verified.

Last verified
August 26, 2026

Stale-data threshold: 7 days. Source access dates are listed below.

What changed: the applicants filed. What did not: SWFWMD has not accepted the response, found the application complete, or approved the permit.

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August 26 permit update

The applicants filed their RAI response. The fight moves into review.

Campaign position, not an agency finding. We reviewed the 121-page package. It still leaves serious questions about ownership, wildlife review, wetland hydrology, upland-generated credits, early credit release, planting commitments, fencing, and financial assurance. Submission is not acceptance or approval.

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Official SWFWMD permit files — start here

Follow both Brooker Creek Mitigation Bank permit records.

SWFWMD maintains two separate public records for the proposal affecting Tarpon Woods. Use the current application to monitor new activity, and keep the original application for the earlier filing history.

Please allow time for the official record to open. SWFWMD’s older permit system can take 15–30 seconds to build and display a record. After clicking, leave the new tab open while it loads. If it produces an error or never finishes, use the search-instructions link under that permit.

What each SWFWMD tab means

Information appears when it is available or applicable to that permit record.

GeneralBasic permit details, status, project name, applicant, and permittee.
TrackingReview milestones, assigned District staff, deadlines, petitions, and advertising activity.
LocationCounty, watershed, and section-township-range location information.
MapA link to the mapped project location when mapping is available.
FeePermit-processing fees, payments, and receipt information.
Condition TrackingTracking for permit conditions or water-quality requirements when they exist.
ConstructionConstruction, completion, inspection, and operation dates when applicable.
DocumentsPublic uploads and correspondence. This is the key tab to check for the newest records.
NoticingFormal agency-action notices and petition information when posted.
Resident property protection

Document golf-ball, maintenance, or cart-path safety concerns.

Property Incident Records helps neighbors prepare a private community report of a golf-ball, maintenance, visibility, damage, or near-miss incident. It does not contact a government agency or create an official filing.

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Five useful things you can do today

Choose the route that matches your need. Community submissions remain private unless separately reviewed and approved for publication; they are not outside official filings.

1

Join alerts

Get meeting notices, urgent updates, calendar changes, and calls to action.

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3

Submit evidence

Send wildlife photos, sightings, documents, tips, public records, or comparable case leads.

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4

Report flooding

Document water depth, locations, dates, photos, drainage issues, and Brooker Creek context.

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5

Read what’s at stake

See the three lawful paths that could permanently change this golf-course landscape—and what neighbors can do now.

What’s at Stake
Campaign position

Preserve the existing course landscape

Save Tarpon Woods supports continued golf-course and compatible open-space use. That is a campaign position, not a statement that a particular future outcome is legally guaranteed.

Unresolved question

“320 units” is historical—not an approved project

The developer site now says 320 units are “allocated within the property.” County records put that number on an adjoining tract and say the golf-course folio has no density. Parcel 3 (110-0400) is inside the proposed bank.

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Current campaign ask

Review each decision on its own complete record.

Ask SWFWMD to complete a transparent, document-based review of Application 930235 before agency action, and ask Pinellas County to provide public notice and the review required for any separate land-use, zoning, drainage, floodplain, traffic, or site-plan proposal.

SWFWMD mitigation-bank review does not itself approve a housing project. County land-use review does not itself approve a state mitigation bank. The historic “320 units” references do not establish a current approved development.

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Follow the verified record

Current status and dated permit events come from the shared status source. The homepage does not maintain a separate countdown or duplicate deadline timeline.

Current StatusLatest verified agency action, applicant filing, operative date, and official links. Detailed TimelineSeparate dated entries for the withdrawn and current applications, each tied to a source. DocumentsA static, source-linked “Read These First” shelf plus reviewed filters. Who Is InvolvedA sourced roster of named people and organizations, with limitations in each profile. Applications on This LandCompare the current incomplete file with earlier records on the same land. Conditional PathwaysSee how state permitting and separate County decisions could occur in sequence. What’s at StakeThe campaign’s plain-language explanation of the three doors and the actions residents can take.

Understand the issue, evidence, and choices

Start with the record you need. Each explainer distinguishes confirmed facts, applicant or owner statements, campaign positions, and unresolved questions.

Claims vs. the RecordBrief sourced quotations, confirmed points, uncertainties, and why they matter. How Decisions Get MadeSeparate SWFWMD, County, federal, easement, and stewardship roles. Density and 320 UnitsHistorical County records and the current unanswered questions. Approval and Denial ScenariosConditional outcomes without promising what either decision would cause. AlternativesConservation and compatible-use ideas with funding and willing-seller limits. Species and LawObservation classifications, current legal status, and project-review relevance. MapsOfficial viewers, source dates, boundary limits, and accessible text summaries. Civic ActionVerified official routes, message templates, preparation, and conduct guidance. Property Incident RecordsPrivate community incident intake—not a government contact or official filing.
Evidence, with limits

Species observations and review considerations

The site distinguishes resident observations, photograph identifications, database records, and qualified-biologist confirmation. Species presence can inform surveys, avoidance, consultation, or permit conditions, but presence alone does not decide an application.

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Media-rights limit

The public gallery is intentionally limited

Private resident evidence and rights-unknown photographs are not published automatically. The gallery explains the review boundary and routes new evidence to private intake.

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Why careful review matters

The Tarpon Woods landscape includes course features, ponds, tree cover, neighborhood drainage concerns, and a connection to the Brooker Creek watershed. The current mitigation-bank application, any later County proposal, and any federal role require their own records and procedures.

  • Track current ERP Permit 47575.002 / Application 930235 separately from withdrawn Application 889588.
  • Record species observations without overstating identification or legal effect.
  • Document flooding, drainage, and property incidents through the correct official and community routes.
  • Check Current Status before acting; no universal hearing or petition deadline is stated here.