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Carters Creek

Main Street in Felton, about 2 miles from the Carters Creek site

Carters Creek

Turkey Point Road at Central Drive,

Felton, DE 19943

All Ages

Not age restricted in the county record

Felton, Kent County

Turkey Point Road at Route 13

40 Single Family Lots

Conditional approval June 11, 2026

Creek Buffer Narrowed

100 feet cut to 40 in places

Welcome toCarters Creek

Carters Creek, also written Carter's Creek, is a planned community of 40 single family lots on the east side of Turkey Point Road, about 0.16 mile south of Turtle Dove Lane, and the southwest side of Central Drive at Route 13, north of Felton.

It has conditional approval. The Kent County Regional Planning Commission approved the preliminary plan with conditions at its June 11, 2026 business meeting. The 40 lots use about 16.8 acres of a 43 acre property, and about 26 acres stay outside the project.

As of November 3, 2026 no home builder has been named and we have found no homes for sale. Call us at 302-549-5164 and we will tell you when homes go on sale.

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Main Street in Felton, Delaware

Getting Your BearingsWhere Carters Creek Sits

The Carters Creek site is on the east side of Turkey Point Road, about 0.16 mile south of Turtle Dove Lane, and on the southwest side of the corner of Central Drive and Route 13, north of Felton.

  • Town. Main Street in Felton is about 2 miles away.
  • Dover. The Green in downtown Dover is about 9 miles away.
  • Hospital. Bayhealth Hospital, Kent Campus in Dover is about 9 miles away.
  • Beaches. Rehoboth Beach is about 39 miles away.
  • Inside the community. Nothing built yet. 40 single family homes and stormwater ponds are planned.

What Is Around YouDay To Day From Carters Creek

  • Medical. Bayhealth Hospital, Kent Campus in Dover, about 9 miles away.
  • Groceries. the stores along Route 13 in Camden and Dover.
  • Restaurants. in Felton and along Route 13.
  • Parks and outdoors. Killens Pond State Park, about 5 miles away.
  • Shopping. Route 13 in Camden and Dover. Delaware charges no sales tax.

If You Like Carters CreekThree Others Worth Your Time

Not the nearest pins on a map, the ones that answer the same question.

  • Hampton Ridge. A larger new approval on Canterbury Road, with 175 single family lots.
  • Harmony Hills II. A new 93 lot approval east of Camden, with single family homes and duplexes.
  • Coursey's Point. An established Felton community, for a buyer who wants homes already built.

Call us at 302-549-5164 and we will walk you through all three.

Learn More AboutCarters Creek

A 40 Home Plan off Turkey Point Road

Carters Creek is Kent County application SL-26-05, tax parcel SM-00-129.01-01-60.00-000.
What is planned: 40 single family lots (the plan filed showed 41) on a 16.80 acre project area of a 43.15 acre property, zoned AR, Agricultural Residential, and BG, General Business, inside the county growth zone. About 26.35 acres are left as a separate residual parcel.
Approval: conditional preliminary approval at the June 11, 2026 business meeting.
Deadline: the final plan must be recorded within 24 months of preliminary approval.
Status: As of November 3, 2026 no home builder has been named and no homes are for sale.
Call us at 302-549-5164 and we will tell you the day homes go on sale.

About the Homes

The county approval is for 40 single family homes.
Home type: single family houses on individual lots.
Builder: not named in any public record we have read as of November 3, 2026. The owner and applicant is Felton Drive-In LLC.
Floor plans and prices: none released.
Age restriction: none in the county record. Carters Creek is an all ages plan.
When plans and prices are released, we will put them on this page.

About the Amenities

No clubhouse or pool appears in the county conditions we read.
Sidewalks: with ADA ramps required.
Landscaping: neighbors asked for fencing and landscaping along the edges, and the county conditions address it.
We will add any amenities to this page when the final plan names them.

What the County Requires

These conditions came with the June 2026 approval. A sales office rarely volunteers them.
Ponds near homes: stormwater ponds may sit 35 feet from homes.
Tree clearing: limited to certain months of the year.
Fencing and landscaping: requested by the neighbors and addressed in the conditions.
Call us at 302-549-5164 and we will walk you through what these mean for any lot.

About the Area

The site has a Felton address and sits in unincorporated Kent County. Driving miles below were measured on November 3, 2026 from the corner of Central Drive and Route 13, rounded.
Main Street, Felton: about 2 miles.
Killens Pond State Park: about 5 miles.
The Green, Dover: about 9 miles.
Bayhealth Hospital, Kent Campus: about 9 miles.
Rehoboth Beach: about 39 miles.

About the Fees

No homeowners association fee has been published for Carters Creek.
HOA: Kent County requires one for a major subdivision. It will look after the streets, the stormwater ponds and the creek side land.
HOA fee: not released.
What to ask: what the fee covers, any capital contribution at settlement, and when the common areas are finished.
We will add the fee when it exists.

The Creek Buffer

The name comes from the water on the site, and so does the condition worth knowing.
The usual rule: Kent County normally keeps a 100 foot buffer along a stream.
What was approved: the buffer was cut to 40 feet where the entrance, part of a street and some open space cross it.
What to ask: how close any lot sits to the creek and the ponds, and what drains where.
Call us at 302-549-5164 and we will look at the plan with you lot by lot.

About the Taxes

We are not tax, legal or financial advisors. Figures below are general and come from the 2026 Tax Foundation figures, based on Census 2024 data.
Delaware: an average effective property tax rate of about 0.54 percent.
Kent County: about 0.43 percent.
Sales tax: Delaware charges none.
Carters Creek: no homes are for sale yet, so there is no tax bill to quote.
Call 302-549-5164 for the tax picture on homes for sale near Felton today.

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