An application for a proposal to convert a South Main Street (State Route 25) site from its current R-1 (Residential) zoning designation to a South Main Village Design District (SMVDD) zoning designation, with the goal of constructing a 19,097-square-foot store and adjacent outdoor sales area there, has been withdrawn.

But a revised zoning application for the project has been submitted to the Planning and Zoning Commission (P&Z).

The initial version of the project drew stiff opposition from some nearby property owners.

The P&Z is scheduled to conduct a public hearing on the new application on November 5.

NERP Holdings and Acquisitions Company, LLC, is seeking to create SMVDD overlay zoning for the site at 116 South Main Street.

New England Retail Properties (NERP) would construct a building that would be occupied by a Tractor Supply Company store.

Tractor Supply, which is a major retail chain, typically sells merchandise including home improvement goods, livestock/pet-related products, hardware, tools, lawn-and-garden maintenance items, clothing, footwear, and automotive items, among others. The site is on the west side of South Main Street, lying generally southwest of South Main Street’s intersection with Simm Lane.

Under the proposal, NERP would buy the land from current owners John Mead and Nicole Buxton. An existing circa 1810 house and other structures on the site would be demolished to make way for the retail development.

If all required town approvals are received, NERP would then construct a concrete-block store for Tractor Supply, which would be NERP’s tenant. The site would have a 77-space parking lot.

The new application modifies NERP’s proposed SMVDD zoning regulations, which would govern the proposed development. The application includes some proposed site plan changes.

SMVDD zoning provides for flexible zoning regulations, allowing the applicant and the P&Z to create mutually agreeable zoning rules, which apply only to the site proposed for development under the terms of the SMVDD’s Special Design District (SDD) provisions.

The P& Z created SMVDD zoning in 2007 in seeking to preserve the “New England character” of the 4.2-mile-long South Main Street corridor.

At a September public hearing, the rezoning proposal drew stiff opposition from some nearby property owners, especially the owner of 111 South Main Street.

A firm known as 111 South Main Street, LLC, owns a one-acre lot and commercial building at that address. The building houses Newtown Florist and also Fair Auto Supply of Newtown. That property lies across the street from 116 South Main Street.

If 116 South Main Street’s zoning is converted to SMVDD, then NERP would need to submit an application to the P&Z for a special permit and an application to the Inland Wetlands Commission for a wetlands/watercourses protection permit for the project.