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Judge sets November 13 hearing on the Middlesex families' spot zoning challenge

Project documents

See what they're building.

The official documents behind PAX-1, in one place: the plans, the reviews, the permits, the findings. Every file here is yours to read or download.

56 documents across 5 categories Read first

The plans#

What the developer filed to describe and build the project.

★Land development plan sets

LIVIC Civil, for the developer · 2025 to 2026

The site plans for the 16-building compound, campus by campus, the latest complete version of each phase.

Phase 1A final (March 4, 2026)
Phase 1B final (June 19, 2026)
Phase 1C preliminary (May 22, 2026)
Phase 2 (May 22, 2026)
Phase 3 preliminary (June 25, 2025)

Final major subdivision plan

LIVIC Civil, for the developer · February 10, 2026

The recorded subdivision that splits the PAX-1 site into its lots.

Master phasing plan

Carlisle Development Partners · July 24, 2025

The Project Bolt buildout sequence the developer later points to for vested rights.

★PAX-1 Noise Study

Kimley-Horn, for the developer · April 13, 2026

The developer's own noise model of the campus. It checks the Township's 70 dBA limit, which sets no low-frequency limit, and lists its low-frequency figures for information only.

Traffic Impact Study

For the developer · June 30, 2025

The developer's projection of construction and operations traffic on local roads.

Agency reviews#

What independent reviewers said when they looked at the plans.

Cumberland County Planning Commission reviews

Cumberland County Planning Commission · 2025 to 2026

The county's reviews across the overlay, the subdivision, and each phase of land development.

Comprehensive zoning ordinance
County planning packet
Cumberland Knoll / PPL laydown
Phase 1A land development
Preliminary subdivision
Phase 1B land development
Phase 2 land development
Phase 3 land development
Phase 1A final land development
Heckman-Sunday overlay expansion

Township engineer review letters

Herbert, Rowland & Grubic (HRG) · 2025 to 2026

The Township engineer's comments on the plans, phase by phase, including the sound study.

Phase 1A, review 1
Phase 1A, review 2
Phase 1B, review 1
Phase 1A, review 3
Phase 1A preliminary, review PR5
Phase 1B, review 3
Sound-study review
Phase 1C, review 1

Zoning and approvals#

What the Township adopted, and on what terms.

★Ordinance 3-2025: the Data Center Overlay

Middlesex Township Board of Supervisors · May 30, 2025

The zoning the Supervisors adopted 35 days after the April 25 request.

Ordinance 7-2025: the comprehensive rezoning

Middlesex Township Board of Supervisors · September 3, 2025

The zoning rewrite that folded the overlay in as Section 2.18 and relabeled the land MU-1 Mixed-Use Neighborhood.

Conditional approvals

Middlesex Township Board of Supervisors · 2025 to 2026

The Supervisors' conditional approvals, granted with dozens of waivers across the subdivision and each phase. The Phase 1B approval is under appeal in county court; on September 22, 2026 the court dismissed the appeal of the subdivision and Phase 1A approvals.

CA 26-2: final subdivision
CA 26-5: Phase 1A final
CA 25-25: Phase 1B preliminary
CA 25-13: PPL laydown

Developer waiver requests

Carlisle Development Partners · 2025 to 2026

The Township standards the developer asked the Supervisors to set aside, phase by phase.

Phase 1B waivers
Phase 3 waivers
Phase 1A final waivers
Phase 1B waivers, revised
Phase 1C waivers

Permits and compliance#

The permits the project builds under, and the enforcement record.

★NPDES stormwater amendments

Cumberland County Conservation District / PA DEP · 2025

The residential-era stormwater permit amended into a data-center permit, the permit we appealed to the Environmental Hearing Board.

Amendment A-2 approval
Amendment A-3 approval
Amendment A-4 approval

GP-5 / stream-crossing permits

PA DEP · 2025

The general permits for the Country Club Road water-main stream crossing.

Water main relocation permit
After-the-fact GP-5 acknowledgement

DEP enforcement

PA DEP · 2025 to 2026

The wetland violation notice and the blasting airblast exceedance.

Wetland violation notice
Blasting exceedance report

Conservation District inspection reports

Cumberland County Conservation District · 2025 and 2026

The erosion-control inspections at the Cumberland Knoll site in 2025, and the August 2026 inspection under the data center permit that recorded two more violations.

2025 reports
August 2026 report

Water and sewer capacity request

Carlisle Development Partners · September 3, 2025

The developer asks the water authority for a share of the 910,000 gallons a day of spare capacity it then had, and for the water and sewer capacity once reserved for homes planned on the land. It names no amount. By January 2026, the authority had allocated 400,000 gallons a day.

DEP sewage-planning notes

PA DEP · January 26, 2026

DEP's meeting notes requiring full Act 537 sewage-facilities planning for the campus.

Impact findings#

What outside agencies concluded about the project's effects.

★SHPO adverse effect determination for the Appalachian Trail

PA State Historic Preservation Office · January to March 2026

The state found the project will have an adverse effect on the Appalachian Trail viewshed, rejecting the developer's finding of no adverse effect, then rejected its plan to plant trees along the Trail.

Adverse Effect determination
Follow-up, screening rejected

Appalachian Trail Conservancy letters

Appalachian Trail Conservancy · January to February 2026

The Trail conservancy's concern letters about the compound a third of a mile from the Trail.

Concern letter
ATC and NPS follow-up

National Park Service comment letter

NPS, Appalachian National Scenic Trail · December 18, 2025

The federal trail office's comments on the project's viewshed, noise, and light effects.

Army Corps jurisdictional determination

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers · February 6, 2025

The federal finding that jurisdictional waters and wetlands may be present on the site.

SRBC consumptive-use confirmation

Susquehanna River Basin Commission · May 28, 2026

SRBC's confirmation that a consumptive-use approval is required and, as of that date, none had been filed for PAX-1.

Public Records and Intellectual Property Notice

Source & Purpose: The documents on this page are public records. Stop PAX-1 obtained them lawfully, through requests under Pennsylvania’s Right-to-Know Law and from the public filings, postings, and recorded plans of the agencies involved. They are published here strictly for public transparency, review, and informational purposes.

Copyright & Intellectual Property: Stop PAX-1 claims no ownership of these documents. Each one remains the property of its author, who retains full copyright, trademark, and all other proprietary rights in it. The display of these documents under public disclosure laws does not grant any license or right to reproduce, redistribute, modify, or commercially exploit this material without the express written consent of the copyright holder.

No Endorsement or Professional Liability: These plans are provided “as-is” for historical and public reference only. They do not constitute engineering advice, and their inclusion does not imply an endorsement by Stop PAX-1 or by any firm or agency named. These plans may not be current, complete, or suitable for any construction, development, or professional application. Anyone using or relying on these documents does so entirely at their own risk.

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