The San Marcos City Council on Tuesday approved a plan to build a 189-home project called San Marcos Highlands, on Las Posas Road. The plan calls for the city to annex county land.
A court ruling found that the project was inconsistent with the San Diego Association of Governments' Regional Plan, the county's General Plan on affordable housing and a community plan policy requiring septic tanks.
An appellate court rejected the master-planned community south of Escondido last year based on greenhouse gas emissions. It's the latest of several suburban housing projects halted by environmental groups.
County supervisors voted unanimously Wednesday to rescind the permits for a contested housing project near Escondido and the Elfin Forest Recreation Reserve.