The special development order granted to Rosewood Tucker’s Point could see an additional 78 private residents and 70 hotel rooms built on the 240-acre property.Yesterday, Minister of Environment Walter Roban said the SDO balances the Island’s economic and environmental needs.The House of Assembly will debate the SDO this parliamentary session.The development, if granted final approval, will be done in three stages. The owners have ten years to start work on all three stages before the SDO expires.The first stage will see 19 residential homes built; these can sold to foreigners as a result of recently passed amendments to the Immigration Act.The first three single units, which are part of a subdivision, will be on Glebe Hill in Hamilton Parish.An additional seven single-family homes will be built on Paynter’s Road, South Road and Harrington Sound Road.Another nine single and attached houses will be built on Paynter’s Hill.The next phase will expand the number of guestrooms at the Rosewood Tucker’s Point from 100 to 150 or 170. These will be built on Quarry Hill.The final stage will create a townhouse community on Whitecrest Hill.The owner currently has in principle planning approval to build 42 sites on Whitecrest Hill; the SDO adds another 15 homes to the site.The final stage will also rebuild the historic Tucker’s Point Stables building, converting it into a community centre for residents and guests.As part of the SDO agreement, Rosewood Tucker’s Point will deed 7.5 acres of land zoned as Woodland and Nature Reserve, as well as Mangrove Lake, to Government or a designated land preservation entity.Mr Roban told the House of Assembly stringent conditions have been attached to the SDO: “Environmentally, Tucker’s Point is very important, containing important woodland areas and habitats of national significance with one of the highest percentages of native and endemic tree species per acre.“The contiguous woodland areas on the property are among the largest on the Island and it is home to the last stand of mature native yellowwood trees in Bermuda and provides the seed source to propagate the recovery of this species.“The property also contains extensive cave systems due to its karst geology and these systems are only partially surveyed.“The Department of Planning, the Department of Conservation Services and the Sustainable Development Unit have all contributed to the definition of the conditions attached to this SDO.”A copy of the SDO was not made available to The Royal Gazette yesterday. It should appear on next week’s House of Assembly order paper.