In Re Incorporation of Borough of Seven Fields

Opinion by

Judge Williams, Jr.,

This case arises from a petition to incorporate as a borough a certain area of Cranberry Township, Butler County. When that petition was denied by the Court of Common Pleas of Butler County, the petitioner, Canterbury Village, Inc., sought our review of the trial court’s decision.

Canterbury Village, Inc. (Canterbury) is a real estate development corporation that owns an area of land, exceeding 500 acres, in Cranberry Township (Township). On that property, the corporation is in the process of building a planned community called “Seven Fields,” which, according to…