While new home permits have hit a record high this year in Gainesville, the city’s planning board will soon hear a few requests to develop more residential housing. Cochran Properties is asking for new setback requirements for four lots on Springdale Road, northeast of its intersection with Park Street Place, because of steep topography and existing sewer easements. The approximately 1-acre lots are heavily wooded, with residential housing, Sherwood Plaza shopping center and medical offices surrounding.