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‘Glamping’ plan near Sycamore Canyon application withdrawn

An on-site community meeting on the Under Canvas plan took place Aug. 6 that saw about 30 to 40 neighbors share concerns about the proposal overlooking Sedona Red Rock country and Sycamore Canyon Wilderness. (Vyto Starinskas/Verde Independent)

An on-site community meeting on the Under Canvas plan took place Aug. 6 that saw about 30 to 40 neighbors share concerns about the proposal overlooking Sedona Red Rock country and Sycamore Canyon Wilderness. (Vyto Starinskas/Verde Independent)

COTTONWOOD, Ariz. — Under Canvas, the glamour camping company that proposed a 100-tent luxury camping site on 82 acres at the end of Bill Gray Road near Sycamore Canyon, has withdrawn its application with Yavapai County.

A hearing on the glamping issue was scheduled to take place as part of the Nov. 21 Yavapai County Planning and Zoning Commission meeting. No future public hearing is scheduled, explained Leah Brock, planner for Yavapai County Development Services.

“The use permit application for the proposed Under Canvas “Glamping” campground facility … has been withdrawn by the applicant,” Brock stated in an email.

Even though she gave no more explanation, Yavapai County Supervisor Randy Garrison said he was not surprised about the withdrawal, considering the backlash the proposal received from residents who live near the proposed project.

He said he didn’t have any specific information for why they pulled the application, but did not think the proposal is “gone,” and Under Canvas might simply be reconsidering it.

Under Canvas already reduced the original plan for the project based on the feedback from an Aug. 6 community meeting, during which the company unveiled its development plans to nearby residents, according to release attributed to Caitlan Cullen, manager of real estate for Under Canvas.

More than 30 residents raised concerns about the untraveled dirt road and the pristine lifestyle during the neighborhood meeting. The area has a view of Sedona-area red rocks and Sycamore Canyon Wilderness.

The site plan included two acres of development with the priority-designed tents, a central restaurant for campers and a social tent for campers, a main campfire area, water and sewer and gravel roads.

Any revised Under Canvas proposal will have to be reviewed at two Yavapai County Supervisor’s Planning and Zoning Board meetings for approval, and then, if approved, Garrison and the other four Yavapai County Supervisors would then hear a presentation at a regular monthly, and then vote on final approval.


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