Prince George's County reviews Clinton rezoning for 530-home Edelen project
A 254-acre Clinton rezoning could clear the way for 530 homes, putting Piscataway Road traffic, school capacity and nearby land values under pressure.
Prince George’s County planners were weighing a rezoning that could turn 254.13 acres off Piscataway Road in Clinton into a site for as many as 530 single-family detached homes, a proposal that would add thousands of daily car trips, new demand on schools and utilities, and fresh pressure on nearby property values. The case, ZMA-2025-004, is identified in the county’s weekly development report as the Edelen Property and sits on the west side of Piscataway Road about 1,500 feet south of Tippett Road.
The application would move the land from the RE zone to R-PD, a shift that would allow denser residential development than the property’s current zoning. County review is expected to focus on whether the project fits Subregion 5 planning goals and the county’s wider effort to direct growth to targeted locations rather than approve isolated map changes one parcel at a time. That framework matters in Clinton, where residents have already seen a steady wave of development proposals stack up along the county’s southern edge.
The developer is pitching the project as more than a housing subdivision. The Edelen Farm website describes it as a master-planned neighborhood with homes, connected green spaces and area improvements, language aimed at selling the project as a broader community build-out. For neighbors, the question is whether those promises will translate into real improvements on the ground, including road upgrades, drainage fixes and other infrastructure that often become conditions in major rezonings.
Opponents are organizing around the property’s future as well. The Southern Maryland Fair Skies Coalition says the Edelen brothers are not interested in using the farm for Maryland’s Open Space program and has urged residents to register to speak as the case moves forward. The group has also tied the Edelen proposal to other nearby growth pressures, including the Grove at Hyde Landing and Hyde Field, underscoring how much development is clustering around Clinton and District 9.
The county’s own rezoning rules are designed to test whether a proposal matches comprehensive planning, limit piecemeal rezonings and reduce the number of cases that move through the Zoning Hearing Examiner. The Legislative Branch says the process is meant to support countywide planning goals and the Plan 2035 growth strategy. For Clinton residents watching the Edelen case, the real test is whether those principles hold when 254 acres and 530 homes are on the table.
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