Despite strong opposition from neighbors, the Knox Metropolitan Planning Commission approved the concept plan for a 622 unit lakefront development in Southwest Knox County back in September.

KNOX COUNTY, Tenn. — A group of Southwest Knox County residents are asking a judge to intervene in a proposed housing development along Tooles Bend Road.

Since its proposal, many people living in that area of the county have shown their disapproval for the "Post Oak Bend" concept plan to develop more than 400 acres of lakefront property near the bridge where the Pellissippi Parkway crosses the Tennessee River.

People living there said the project would create further traffic and safety concerns on the narrow and curvy Tooles Bend Road.

The site is only accessible off Northshore Drive and backs up to the Pellissippi Parkway.

During a Knox Metropolitan Planning Commission meeting in September, more than 100 opposing the plan expressed dissatisfaction with the level of the county's traffic study, which they felt should look more closely at the impact on surrounding routes such as Northshore Drive.

The group had lost an appeal before the county's Board of Zoning appeals in November.

In December, the Northshore Corridor Association file a request to the Knox County Circuit Court.

The group asked a judge to declare the Board of Zoning's judgement invalid and to schedule another hearing.

The request cites increased traffic in the area, improper zoning for a planned sewage treatment plant on the property, and a lack of health department approval of the plan submitted for approval.