Georgia Land Council Adds Ned Butler to Board
Reliant Homes vice president Ned Butler joins the Georgia Residential Land Development Council's board of directors.
Updated on Nov. 6, 2026 in People
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The Georgia Residential Land Development Council named Ned Butler, vice president of Reliant Homes in Walton County, to its board of directors. The coalition of developers, builders and industry stakeholders focuses on land development and permitting in Georgia.
Why it matters
The appointment adds a land acquisition and permitting specialist to a group working on reforming the final stages of residential land development. Delays in final plat approval and recording can keep completed developments from moving forward while carrying costs accumulate.
One Reliant Homes project required 16 months to receive final plat approval, the legal step that establishes subdivision lots for sale. The source does not provide a comparator figure for typical approval timelines in Georgia.
The players
Ned Butler
Ned Butler is vice president of Reliant Homes in Walton County and a local school board member, with a focus on land acquisition, entitlement and permitting.
Georgia Residential Land Development Council
The Georgia Residential Land Development Council is a coalition of developers, builders and industry stakeholders focused on land development and permitting in Georgia.
Jay Knight
Jay Knight is chairman and co-founder of the Georgia Residential Land Development Council.
The details
Ned Butler focuses primarily on land acquisition, entitlement and permitting at Reliant Homes, a regional homebuilder serving northeast Georgia and the Greenville-Anderson area of South Carolina. Butler joined the GRLDC board, which is focused on reforming the final stages of the land development process.
Timeline
November 6, 2026: GRLDC announced Butler's board appointment.
Past period: Senate Bill 447 passed, establishing clearer timelines and greater accountability for residential development approvals.
Industry Dynamics
Senate Bill 447 set clearer approval timelines for residential development in Georgia, and the GRLDC is focused on reforming the final plat and recording stages that the law's timelines address. Butler's appointment adds a land acquisition and permitting specialist to that reform effort.
Shortening final plat approval timelines can move completed subdivision lots to market sooner, affecting when new homes become available to buyers in Georgia. Delays in recording prolong carrying costs that developers may pass along to home prices.
The takeaway
Land development approvals are a key bottleneck in housing supply, and appointments like Butler's signal that industry groups are focusing on the administrative steps that determine how quickly homes can be built.
Further reading
Explore more People coverage on business leaders shaping Georgia's development and housing industries.
Source note: This article includes information reported by WaltonTribune.
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