Article from the Times about Ethics Complaint Filed on Planning Commission Over Cagle Road

An ethics complaint has been filed against Hall County Planning Commission Chairman Chris Braswell concerning a proposed housing development off Ga. 365 in northeast Hall County. 

Braswell “has a clear connection” with Norton Agency, which has “a vested interest in approving this project,” states the complaint, filed by Jodi L. White, a northeast Hall resident. 

Braswell is a senior vice president and partner with Norton’s Commercial and Acreage Sales. A co-worker, Stephen Lovett, is “representing properties for these projects,” the complaint says. 

White attached a document to the complaint showing Lovett as the listing agent and Norton Commercial Acreage Group as the listing office for property at 4745 Cagle Mill Road. 

A 323-unit residential development is proposed on 131 acres at 4745 Cagle Mill Road and 4673 and 4691 Noah Martin Drive. Plans call for 217 single-family detached homes and 106 townhomes.