Plans for a high-end resort with a hotel, spa, restaurant and tap room were unanimously approved Monday by the Henderson County Board of Commissioners.

The approved request conditionally rezones approximately 50 acres of land at 2075 N. Rugby Road, about a half of a mile north of Rugby Drive.

The property was previously zoned for residential use and was most recently used as a boarding school for girls. Existing structures remains on the property, along with several on-site amenities.

The site plan includes 20 yurts 15 feet in diameter on elevated platforms; four bathhouses with six toilets and six showers in each building; 66 parking spaces; a day spa in place of the existing patio; bakery building to support public restaurant; 4,320-square-foot barn with taproom open to the public; pool with hot tub and fireplace; existing basketball court retrofitted for a tennis court; and using the existing 16,564-square-foot house with basement to create 12 hotel rooms and a public restaurant with a capacity of 25 people.

The developer and applicant is Kevin High, who plans to relocate here from the Charleston, South Carolina area. The development is being called Skylaranna, named after High’s daughter.

If all goes according to plan, the development could create approximately 100 jobs, High said. He was on hand at the meeting to answer a handful of questions from the commissioners.

Planning Director Autumn Radcliff said both positive and negative public feedback has been received about the project.

Residential uses surround the property to the north, east and south. Agricultural uses are to the west and north. The Riverstone subdivision is north of the property.

The planning board unanimously forwarded a favorable recommendation for the project in January. A neighborhood compatibility meeting was also held, as is required.

Conditional zoning districts mean the development and use of the property is subject to predetermined standards and rules, regulations and conditions imposed as part of the approval.