Three drive-throughs, no Haire Road exit: Inside the Holbrook proposal

A retail plaza, a sit-down restaurant and three drive-through businesses are envisioned for the southeast corner of Fort Mill Parkway and Holbrook Road in Fort Mill, South Carolina. But how drivers would enter and leave the development remains a consequential part of the proposal.⁠[1][2]

Town Council is scheduled Monday, Nov. 16, to consider second reading of Ordinance 2026-43, which would annex approximately 8.254 acres and give the property Highway Commercial zoning. That would not finish the project’s review: planning staff told the Planning Commission that a Commercial Appearance Review would follow, covering the site plan, landscaping, aesthetics and materials.⁠[1][3][4]

The commercial concept appears in the March 2026 traffic study supplied in council’s October packet. It envisions a 13,600-square-foot retail plaza, a 9,000-square-foot sit-down restaurant, two fast-food drive-throughs and a coffee/donut drive-through. One fast-food location would have no indoor seating. The study assumes completion in 2029; these are proposed uses, not announced openings.⁠[1]

For Haire Road, the proposed connection works only one way: vehicles could enter the development, but not exit onto the road. The study also describes a right-in/right-out connection to Fort Mill Parkway.⁠[1]

The Holbrook Road driveway presents a mismatch between the documents. The March study describes a full-movement connection, allowing left and right turns. But a transportation mitigation agreement dated July 10 requires that entrance to be restricted to right-in/right-out access.⁠[1][2]

The agreement addresses that difference by requiring additional traffic study if annexation and rezoning are approved. It says the analysis must account for the restricted entrance’s effects on nearby intersections—and that the required road improvements could change. The records reviewed for this preview do not establish whether that follow-up analysis has been completed.⁠[2]

The agreement assigns the developer responsibility for transportation improvements, subject to agency approvals. Listed work includes a northbound right-turn lane on Holbrook Road and an eastbound right-turn lane on Fort Mill Parkway at their intersection, each with 100 feet of vehicle storage. It also calls for a multi-use path at least eight feet wide along the site’s parkway frontage and five-foot sidewalks along its other frontage.⁠[2]

Council’s meeting is scheduled for 6 p.m. Monday, Nov. 16, in Council Chambers at 205 N. White Street.⁠[3]