Montgomery County · Montgomery · MCPC #24-0195-004
Proposed Animal Hospital - Connect Vet
1008 Upper State Road, Montgomery, PA · 10,000 sq ft non-residential, commercial · 1.67 acres
About this project
A veterinary animal hospital is proposed at 1008 Upper State Road near Horsham Road in Montgomery Township. The corner property would be combined into a single 1.67-acre lot, with a 10,000-square-foot hospital and a 40-space parking lot reached from Upper State Road. The existing house on the site would be torn down to make way for it.
County planning commission: Supports, with comments
Issues raised: parking bollard waiver; county suggests wheel stops instead, Armstrong red maple is too columnar to provide good parking-lot shade
- Applicant
- Connect Veterinary Surgical Services, LLC
- Engineer / rep.
- Bohler Engineering PA, LLC
- Zoning
- BP
- Cross street
- Horsham Road
- Approvals needed
- preliminary/final land development approval, nine waivers
- Utilities
- public water, public sewer
- Demolition
- dilapidated house
Filing history
- 2025-07-21 · MCPC #24-0195-004 · Land Dev Plan, Prelim Plan · 10,000 sq ft
- 2025-04-29 · MCPC #24-0195-003 · Sketch Plan, Conditional Use · 10,000 sq ft
- 2024-09-06 · MCPC #24-0195-001 · Land Dev Plan, Sketch Plan · 9,775 sq ft
County review letters
2024-09-06 · MONTG 24-0195-001r.pdf
2025-04-29 · MONTG 24-0195-003r.pdf
2025-07-21 · MONTG 24-0195-004r.pdf
The full picture AI research · Nov 1, 2026
A veterinary animal hospital is proposed on a corner property at 1008 Upper State Road, near Horsham Road in Montgomery Township. The plan would combine the property into one 1.67-acre lot. A new building of about 10,000 square feet would hold the hospital.
The site has a house on it now. The plan would tear the house down. A 40-space parking lot would be built, and drivers would reach it from Upper State Road.
The filings name Connect Veterinary Surgical Services, LLC as the applicant and Bohler Engineering PA, LLC as the site engineer. No news coverage, meeting minutes, opposition or approvals specific to this project turned up online, so this summary rests on the county record alone.
What it could mean nearby
- Drivers would enter and leave through a single access point on Upper State Road, so traffic near the Horsham Road corner could change.
- One existing house would be removed and replaced by a commercial building and parking lot, so less of the lot would stay as yard or green space.
- A veterinary hospital would likely bring some local jobs and a new pet-care service, though no staffing numbers were found.
Where it stands
The latest county filing, dated 2025-07-21, shows the plan is in the township's land-development review. Typical next steps are review by the planning commission and township supervisors, then final plan approval and building permits if approved. No later decision was found online.
- Jul 21, 2025 Latest county planning filing for the proposed animal hospital
Want to weigh in? Montgomery Township's planning commission and board of supervisors normally review land-development plans at public meetings, and residents can comment there. Check the township's website for agendas.
Who's behind it
Connect Veterinary Surgical Services, LLC · The applicant named on the filing, apparently a veterinary surgical services company. No official website or other projects were found.
Planning terms explained
- Land development
- The formal township review of a plan to build or change a site, covering the building, parking, drainage and access.
- Lot consolidation
- Combining separate parcels into one lot so the property can be built on as a single site.
- Planning commission
- A local advisory board that reviews development plans and recommends action to elected officials.
- Board of supervisors
- The elected township body that votes to approve or deny land-development plans.
We searched the web for this project but found nothing beyond the county record, so this explanation is based on the filing alone. Researched by AI from public sources on Nov 1, 2026. It can make mistakes, so check the linked sources and the municipality before relying on it.
Scope estimate for contractors
Estimated construction value: $2.2M
- ~100 roofing squares (assumes 1 story)
- ~25 tons of cooling (rule of thumb 400 sq ft/ton)
- ~1.7 acres of site work (grading, stormwater, landscaping)
- Underground stormwater infiltration basin beneath the main parking lot
- Storm pipe diameter and flow velocity under waiver review
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