Lockport Plan Commission recommends plans for assisted senior living facility

The Lockport Planning and Zoning Commission is recommending approval of an assisted senior living facility to be built on farmland near the far southeast border of the city.The center, proposed by Heritage Woods, is planned to include 120 units on an 18.65-acre property located north of 163rd Street and East of Gougar Road. The land, which would need to be annexed into the city of Lockport, is currently zoned A1 for agricultural use, though the Planning and Zoning Commission recommended approval of a zoning change to R4 multi-family residential upon annexation.The planned development, reviewed by commissioners at their Oct. 14 meeting, would provide studio and single-bedroom apartment units for seniors 65 and up who require some medical or personal assistance day to day. The concept plan for the development had previously been approved by the Lockport City Council’s Committee of the Whole in 2025, and the Plan Commission’s recommendation will now go before the full council.The proposed