MIDDLESEX TWP — Supervisors approved seven housing and lot plans Wednesday night, including Hawkins Crest, after several community members voiced their concerns over the environmental impact of township development in general.

Hawkins Crest is a single-family residential development that would sit north of Route 228 and west of Harbison Road. It would convert four parcels totaling 61 acres of agricultural land into 50 single-family housing lots.

The plan, which got final approval from the planning commission in January, received final approval from supervisors Wednesday night.

Supervisors also gave preliminary and final approval to the Middlesex Crossing retail/restaurant building along Adair Avenue.

The retail/restaurant building initially received final approval in January. It was presented to supervisors for re-approval after plans for the building were turned 90 degrees.

Preliminary approval of Fieldstone Ridge along Forsythe Road was granted.

Fieldstone Ridge would convert about 87 acres into a 62-lot plan. Twenty lots would be more than an acre in size, with the remaining 42 being either .75 or 1 acre. Public water would be brought down Route 8 and connected to the plan.

Supervisors awarded conditional approval for the Willow Springs plan, pending the results of soil testing. The plan subdivides 40 acres along Sylvan Spring Lane into five single-family lots.

Other plans approved included:Three lot line revisions were unanimously approved during the meeting, including preliminary and final approval of the Lang realty estate plan. The Lang plan is a lot line revision along Browns Hill Road that consolidates two existing properties. The single property will be 11.62 acres.The E. Ferree plan No. 2 also received preliminary and final approval. The plan transfers 6.5 acres from one lot to another along Ferree Lane.Preliminary and final approval was granted for the Madakkara-Weigle lot line revision, which transfers 2 acres from one lot to another along Hillview Drive.Also Wednesday night, supervisors approved purchasing a 2021 Peterbilt dump truck body for $75,650 from Stephenson Equipment. At the Feb. 5 work session, supervisors approved purchasing an International truck in the amount of $95,265. Both purchases were made via COSTARS, the Pennsylvania cooperative purchasing program.