Collin County officials have rejected a development plan submitted for the proposed Islamic community The Meadow, formerly branded as EPIC City.
Officials found the application was incomplete but said the plan will be re-evaluated if and when all required items are submitted.
County Judge Chris Hill announced the update on Thursday via social media.
Hill said Community Capital Partners (CCP) officially submitted its development plat to Collin County Development Services on December 23, initiating the county review process.
CCP is the team behind the controversial community planned for property in unincorporated areas of eastern Collin County and western Hunt County.
On January 12, Collin County notified CCP and its engineering firm Westwood Professional Services that the initial application was incomplete, lacking required documentation, and therefore could not be considered for approval.
A letter sent to Westwood listed several items that must be provided in order for the application to be considered complete for final review: final plat copies, “will serve” letters for electric and wastewater utilities, and an application fee.
Hill stated that the developers are free to submit missing documents at any time. The county would then re-evaluate all submissions “in accordance with state law and the county’s subdivision regulations.”
Once developers submit a complete application with all required documentation, the county will have 30 days to review and either approve or deny the application.
“I will not support any development project that is founded upon discrimination or is otherwise unlawful in any regard,” stated Hill.
“I will keep the community informed of all progress and changes in this matter, and no final decisions will be made until a public hearing is held so that citizens may address the commissioners court,” Hill added.
Collin County officials first discussed the proposed EPIC City at a packed commissioners court meeting on March 31, 2025.
The project is an expansion of the East Plano Islamic Center (EPIC) that is designed to include 1,000 homes as well as a mosque/community center, a school, and other facilities catering to Muslim families. No work has yet begun on the more than 400 acres of empty farmland slated for development.
A state law enacted last year targeting EPIC City and similar developments—purported by Gov. Greg Abbott to “ban Sharia compounds”—outlawed CCP’s residential ownership model as a “deceptive trade practice” and removed existing Texas Fair Housing religious exemptions for developments of 25 or more acres, putting the state law at odds with the federal Fair Housing Act.
The development has also been the target of multiple state and federal investigations into its financing and other practices. So far, all have failed to find legal reasons to block the planned Islamic community.
Texans have grown increasingly concerned about the “Islamification” of the state. Two Texas congressmen, Republican U.S. Reps. Keith Self and Chip Roy, formed the Sharia-Free America Caucus to combat the issue at the federal level.
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