{"id":393897,"date":"2026-09-08T18:20:12","date_gmt":"2026-09-08T18:20:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/393897\/"},"modified":"2026-09-08T18:20:12","modified_gmt":"2026-09-08T18:20:12","slug":"fort-myers-beach-lpa-rejects-diamondhead-beach-resort-expansion-plans-fort-myers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/393897\/","title":{"rendered":"Fort Myers Beach LPA rejects DiamondHead Beach Resort expansion plans &#8211; FORT MYERS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#13;<br \/>\n                                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fortmyersbeachtalk.com\/news\/community-news\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">&#13;<br \/>\n                                &#13;<br \/>\n                    \/Fort Myers Beach News                                                        &#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n            <\/a>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n            &#13;<br \/>\n                        &#13;<\/p>\n<p>1 \/ 2<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"slide\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/DiamondHeadlongshot-1100x825.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The owners of the DiamondHead Beach Resort are seeking to add 57 rooms and two buildings at their Estero Boulevard beachfront property. The Town of Fort Myers Beach LPA rejected the plans today. Photo by Nathan Mayberg<\/p>\n<p>2 \/ 2<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"slide\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Diamondheadnew.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>A proposed expansion for the DiamondHead Beach Resort on Fort Myers Beach, were rejected by the Fort Myers Beach Local Planning Agency on Tuesday. A proposed rendering shown would add two buildings and 57 rooms.<\/p>\n<p>            <a class=\"prev next_prev_slide\" onclick=\"plusSlides(-1)\"><\/a><br \/>\n            <a class=\"next next_prev_slide\" onclick=\"plusSlides(1)\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>            [expand]<\/p>\n<p>        close<br \/>\n    &#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n    &#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n    &#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p>The Town of Fort Myers Beach Local Planning Agency voted unanimously today not to recommend approval for the DiamondHead Beach Resort\u2019s proposal to add two buildings and 57 rooms to their property on Estero Boulevard. The owners The Town of Fort Myers Beach Council could still act to approve the plans, and the beachfront resort\u2019s owners could still act to modify their proposal. The plans require several deviations from town code, including height. <\/p>\n<p>This story will be updated.<\/p>\n<p>            &#13;<br \/>\n                        &#13;<br \/>\n                        &#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n            &#13;<br \/>\n            &#13;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; &#13; &#13; \/Fort Myers Beach News &#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; 1 \/ 2 The owners&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":393898,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[209,211,210],"class_list":["post-393897","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cape-coral","tag-cape-coral","tag-cape-coral-headlines","tag-cape-coral-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/393897","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=393897"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/393897\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/393898"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=393897"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=393897"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=393897"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}