A first-time developer is swinging for the fences with plans for a 456-lot neighborhood called Reynolds Ranch on roughly 156.5 acres just inside Liberty Hill’s extra-territorial jurisdiction. The preliminary layout shows a mix of 45- to 70-foot single-family lots and about two dozen nonresidential parcels spread across 12 blocks. If it moves forward, the project would add hundreds of homes to the northern edge of the fast-growing Liberty Hill corridor.
Preliminary plans submitted to county officials carve the Canady Tract into 456 single-family lots across 156.531 acres, including 186 45-foot lots, 105 50-foot lots, 131 60-foot lots, and 34 70-foot lots, plus 21 nonresidential lots and roughly 19,728 linear feet of streets, according to documents on file with Williamson County. The plat lists Oncor and Time Warner Cable/AT&T as electrical and telecom providers and identifies the Georgetown Utility System and Williamson County MUD No. 61 for water and wastewater service. It also shows an original submittal date of Feb. 14, 2025, and a design revision dated Aug. 14, 2025.
Owner information in the county records lists Sapelo Liberty Hill LP, with Justin Reynolds as the contact. In a report by the Austin Business Journal, Reynolds is described as a first-time developer and an outdoorsman with broader business ambitions, and he told the paper he expects the first phase to be finished by summer 2027.
Where it sits and what utilities look like
The plat places Reynolds Ranch on the Canady Tract near County Road 214 and Ranch Road 1869 within Liberty Hill’s ETJ and references an Atlas-14 study for the 100-year floodplain. It also spells out that no final plat for any phase will be approved by the Williamson County Commissioners Court until the owner provides evidence of an appropriate TCEQ permit for wastewater disposal and until wastewater plans are approved by all entities with jurisdiction. Those permitting and infrastructure conditions will dictate what can be recorded and when construction can start.
Why Liberty Hill watchers are paying attention
Liberty Hill has been one of the Austin area’s fastest-growing pockets, where master-planned communities and new roads keep reshaping the landscape. Recent coverage highlighting heavy sales activity at nearby master-planned communities and county-backed road projects helps explain why a 456-lot proposal on the edge of town is likely to get a long look from neighbors and officials.
What comes next
With the preliminary plat now in county records, the next steps include securing the required wastewater permits and obtaining final-plat approvals before any phase can be recorded and built. Reynolds told the Austin Business Journal he expects the first phase to wrap by summer 2027, although that schedule depends on permits, utility connections, and any conditions imposed by county reviewers. County notes on the plat also lay out standard requirements for sidewalks, setbacks, and maintenance responsibilities that will carry forward with the subdivision.
If Reynolds Ranch proceeds as drawn, it would be one of several large subdivisions reshaping Liberty Hill’s edges over the next few years. Neighbors, the county, and the school district are likely to watch permitting, infrastructure funding, and road work closely as growth continues to press into the area.
