A Kent development company wants to build a new 12-home subdivision on Finch Road just south of Sportsman Club Road.

The new neighborhood is called the Reserve at Winslow, and would be built on two parcels that total 8.6 acres on the east side of Finch Road just north of the New London Court cul-de-sac.

DeNova Northwest, a Kent-based developer, filed an application for the new subdivision in late October. City planning staff have since been conducting an environmental review of the proposal.

DeNova Northwest may be a familiar name for those who live near the site of the new development.

The company has also proposed building a 19-home subdivision, called Winslow Grove, on a former Christmas tree farm on Weaver Road across the street from Rotary Park. According to DeNova Northwest’s website, that project is currently in the development and design phase, with construction planned for summer 2017.

And the nine homes in Timberbrook, the company’s large-lot development on Solana Lane Northeast, have all been completed and sold.

According to documents on file with the city of Bainbridge Island, DeNova Northwest hopes to begin construction of the new subdivision in the spring and finish the project by the summer of 2018.

A single-family home built in 1964 currently sits on the property, along with a smaller manufactured home built in 1969. Both structures will be demolished as part of the development.

The subdivision’s location is in an area that is mixed with homes and farming uses.

The land is zoned R-2 residential. The property includes a small wetland on its northeast corner, and Hirawaka Creek, a fish-bearing stream, crosses the eastern part of the site.

The development will not be connected to the city sewer system, and septic systems are planned for the homes. The subdivision will be served by city water.

Rainwater will be diverted into rain gardens and a stormwater detention system that includes a detention pond.

In an environmental checklist submitted to the city, the developer said construction of the housing development will disturb about 4.96 acres of the property. Roughly 2.29 acres will be replanted, and trees that are in the 150-foot buffer for Hirawaka Creek will be preserved and protected.

The subdivision is expected to retain 3.2 acres as open space.

The checklist notes that the new subdivision will likely be home to about 26 people; the homes to be built will be priced for “middle income” buyers. A traffic study was conducted for the proposal in September, and the neighborhood is expected to add 120 daily car trips to local roads.

City staff said the project would include an improved shoulder along Finch Road, a public street to serve the new homes, and a trail for walkers and cyclists.

The developer would also be assessed traffic impact fees at the building permit stage.