BEFORE AND AFTER

Click to see: THIS is Seven Hills Ranch

BEFORE: CLICK the photo or here: Seven Hills Ranch . See the natural beauty that Save Seven Hills Ranch tried to save.

 

AFTER: Click the above video to see Sept ’25 construction (destruction?) on the 30 acre Seven Hills Ranch site, slated to become ‘The Glen at Heather Farm’

 
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4,000 citizens IGNORED: Through each step of the “decision making” process County Supervisors and the City of Walnut Creek’s Councilmembers were advised of the Save Seven Hills Ranch Petition Results. A petition with more than 4,000 online and in-person signatures (over 3,000 being Walnut Creek residents). The petition was sent to the County in opposition to the entire incompatible and environmentally destructive Spieker Development Project. Take a few minutes to read the petitioner’s comments. From these comments you can learn the public’s perspective and what is dear to their hearts. The public relies on their government employees and representatives to protect and truly represent those viewpoints with their actions. The public was completely ignored and the developer given free rein to run roughshod over protective County and City ordinances put in place to specifically preserve the integrity of Walnut Creek’s cityscape and communities.

Note: The developer, Spieker Development, changed the original name of the proposed development from “Diablo Glen” to “The Glen at Heather Farm”. Maybe because Diablo means ‘devil’ in Spanish. (Editor’s comment: I thought “Devil Glen” was the perfect name for the proposal.)

Click to see a step-by-step HISTORY of the proposal, subsequent approvals and how, indeed, you can’t fight City Hall. NEVER FORGET this was Seven Hills Ranch BEFORE “The Glen”.

Seven Hills Ranch, which sits next to Walnut Creek’s public Heather Farm Park, is WAS [April 2025] a 30-acre site of natural beauty, native wildlife and irreplaceable scenic views. A developer’s proposal will essentially eradicate this entire natural landscape. A petition signed by over 4,000 residents asked that the County Board of Supervisors DENY the developer’s request for a General Plan Amendment which will allow the destruction of this property. The Board instead did NOT deny the General Plan Amendment but gave the developer all that they asked for.
Read more here: What does Save Seven Hills Ranch want?

Contact Us to get updates or further info: SaveSevenHillsRanch@gmail.com Visit all our website pages to learn more.

Proposed Project Description: 451 housing units, multi-story Clubhouse, Rec Building, Health Care Center for residents, and maintenance buildings, parking garage and a total of 519 parking spaces. 400 trees will be removed, hills will be topped-off and valleys will be filled in with the equivalent of 17,000 dump trucks worth of dirt to create the flat building surface, held in place with retaining walls up to 21 feet in height. Here is a 3D video of the proposal, courtesy of Seven Hills School.

The developer (website: spk.com) has succeeded in getting Contra Costa County to change the county’s General Plan to allow this multi-story, intensive development on Seven Hills Ranch (Nov ‘22). More than 4,000 Contra Costa County, in particular Walnut Creek, residents signed the petition to ask the Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors to deny the developer's application for a land use designation/ “zoning” change. They chose not to help save any portion of Seven Hills Ranch but to instead allow its total destruction. A BIG missed opportunity and a cavalier response to the public. Remember this when you vote (although Karen Mitchoff retired almost immediately after the vote, the other representatives who voted remain. In particular Candace Andersen who represents a portion of Walnut Creek.)