Despite Inventory Shortage, Homes Continue to be Razed in Scarsdale

An appllication has been filed to demolish 26 Circle Road, built in 1908Despite code changes to strengthen Scarsdale’s land use code to curb the size of new homes and preserve setbacks and open space, builders and property owners were busy this summer filing applications to raze Scarsdale homes, at both the Committee for Historic Preservation and the Planning Board.

This may be contributing to the shortage of home inventory for new buyers, as it often takes years to get approvals to demolish homes and replace them. In that time, buyers are frustrated and lots stand empty.

Here’s the most recent activity:
At their July 28 meeting, the Committee for Historic Preservation approved the demolition of:

41 Secor Rd – Demo house built in 1950

2 Coralyn Rd – Demo house built in 1930

And at their upcoming meeting on Tuesday September 15 at 7 pm, they will consider these applications:

26 Circle Road– Demo house and detached garage built in 1908

54 Park Road – Demo all structures built in 1918 (Original house already razed.)

5 Cohawney Road – Demo house built in 1927

387 Heathcote Road – Demo house built in 1955

At the Planning Board meeting on August 5, 2025 demolitions were also considered.

-At 7 Mayflower Road a demolition along with site disturbance and incursion into the property buffer was approved.

-An application to subdivide a lot at 19 Woodland Place was held over. (The home was already demolished.)

-Also held over was a proposal to demolish 16 Cooper Road and for approval of incursions into the property buffer and site disturbance.

Plans to demolish 43 Church Lane along with a site disturbance and incursion into the property buffer were referred to the Board of Architectural Review and were also held over to the September meeting.

Follow these applications here
https://www.scarsdale.gov/AgendaCenter/Search/?term=&CIDs=4,&startDate=&endDate=&dateRange=&dateSelector=