Nearly 32 acres of open land owned by the Catholic Church in Brick will be preserved and a plan to build dozens of houses on the site will be scrapped under a preliminary deal reached Wednesday, county officials said. The Ocean County Natural Lands Trust Fund Advisory Committee approved the purchase and preservation of the parcel, known as Breton Woods, during its meeting. The Church of the Visitation in Brick and the Diocese of Trenton own the land, which is between Drum Point and Mantoloking roads. The site was under contract with the developer D.R. Horton, a national homebuilder with an off…