NEWBURYPORT -- March 31, 2026, Newburyport Planning Board unanimously approves 18 Highland Avenue subdivision and special permit after months of neighbor opposition. The board, sitting with six full and associate members on March 31, voted
HAMILTON -- March 25, 2026, Hamilton Planning Board unanimously endorses a Birch Road lot combination and targets a state downtown planning grant with a June 3, 2026, deadline. The board voted without dissent to endorse
MANCHESTER-BY-THE-SEA, March 23, 2026, Manchester-by-the-Sea Planning Board votes unanimously to send School Street rezoning to Town Meeting. The board recommended a citizen's petition filed by Peter
The Peabody Planning Board continued a lot-line plan for 117 Linfield Street after the applicant failed to appear. ETS Linfield Street, LLC sought endorsement of a Dec. 8, 2025 plan that would shift about 3,179 square feet to adjacent property owned by Thomas and Emily Holden in an R1B district.
GLOUCESTER -- March 19, 2026, Gloucester's Planning Board continued a 40-unit mixed-use project at 150 Main Street and unanimously approved a utility rerouting permit for a future logistics center at 11
NEWBURY -- March 18, 2026, Newbury Planning Board recommends expanding the Zoning Board of Appeals from three members to five, heading the change to Annual Town Meeting. The board, meeting March 18 with three of
HAMILTON -- March 18, 2026, Hamilton Planning Board sets peer review requirement for proposed 110-foot cell tower at public safety complex. The board held a pre-application conference March 18 with attorney Brian Grossman
ESSEX -- March 18, 2026, Essex Planning Board unanimously continues 36-lot subdivision hearing to April 1 as environmental and school concerns mount. The board reopened and then continued the Definitive Subdivision Plan public hearing
West Newbury Planning Board unanimously advanced a marijuana overlay district, a parking overhaul, and new slope-protection rules at its March 17 meeting.
NORTH ANDOVER -- March 17, 2026, North Andover Planning Board rejected two insubstantial-change bids and advanced clean energy permitting reforms at its March 17 meeting. The board voted unanimously against a request by Peter
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