POULSBO — After losing their fight against annexation in March, several residents along Noll Road believe their worst nightmare is coming true.

When the 133.82 acres bordered by Mesford Road to the north, Noll Road to the east, Heron Pond Lane to the south and Poulsbo Elementary School to the west were annexed, Councilwoman Connie Lord and other council members assured the neighbors there would be ample opportunity to fight potential development.

“This is what we feared when we were annexed,” said Becky Erickson of the Noll Road Association, which is opposing the five proposed residential developments in the area. “We’re fighting for our homes, and we’re not going away.”

The five proposals — all of which are planned unit developments — total 516 homes on 100.28 acres, but as of Thursday no formal applications had been submitted to the city’s planning department.

Three of the proposals have more than 100 units, including the 144-unit Mountain Aire PUD set for the 29.78 acres east of the Hostmark Street/Noll Road intersection, the 119-unit Blue Heron PUD on 25.32 acres on the east side of Noll Road and the 101-unit Mesford PUD on 18.36 acres at the Noll Road/Mesford Road intersection.

Erickson said residents in the area feel deceived by the city because of the use of planned unit developments to build homes in the rural area.

“That’s too much density for the outskirts of the city limits,” Erickson said.

Residents are also concerned about the infrastructure improvements, which would be needed to support the influx of new residents, she said.

Notification is also a point of contention, because only residents within 300 feet of each development were alerted about them, she said.

“Some people knew about one of them, some people knew about another, but no one knew about all of them,” Erickson said. “We’re just saddened it had to come to this point.”

More than 100 people attended the neighborhood meeting for the Mountain Aire PUD on Sept. 5, and Erickson said she expects more people to attend the neighborhood meeting for the Blue Heron PUD at 5:30 p.m. Monday at the Poulsbo Fire Department headquarters on Liberty Road.

Even though the developments have been through the city’s pre-application process and have either held or scheduled neighborhood meetings, formal applications have yet to be submitted, said Planning Director Barry Berezowsky.

“The purpose of the neighborhood meetings is to get feedback from neighbors that will be included in the formal application,” Berezowsky said.

Once the application is deemed technically complete, a public hearing before the Hearing Examiner will be scheduled, and he will issue a decision, Berezowsky said.

If anyone decides to appeal the decision, the city council will conduct a closed record hearing and issue a decision, he said. The next appeal would go to Kitsap County Superior Court.

As far as the city’s PUD ordinances go, Berezowsky said the regulations allow for denser development and more recreational amenities and open spaces.

“It doesn’t affect the overall density, but it means less roads and less stormwater,” Berezowsky said.

When members of the Noll Road Association voiced their concerns to the full city council and Mayor Kathryn Quade at Wednesday’s council meeting, Quade asked residents to talk to Berezowksy about the city’s plans for the area.

“We do have a plan for infrastructure in the area, and we are planning for the impacts,” Quade said. “The infrastructure will be in place before people move in.”

The public will be involved throughout the process and residents are encouraged to ask the city for all of the information before making decisions on the proposed development, Quade said.