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Essex Planning Board Opens Public Hearing on 36-Lot Open Space Subdivision

ESSEX — March 4, 2026 — Essex Planning Board opens hearing on a 36-lot residential subdivision off Essex Park Road, with more than 70 percent of the 82-acre site proposed as permanent open space. Chair Lisa O'Donnell convened the first session on the definitive application by Bellpoint LLC

Newburyport Planning Board Advances Bank Radiator Fix, Continues Highland Avenue Subdivision

NEWBURYPORT — March 4, 2026 — Newburyport Planning Board advanced three permit cases and approved a housekeeping subdivision covenant release at its March 4 meeting. The board voted unanimously to grant submittal waivers and determine complete a site-plan-review application from the Palmer Capital Foundation for a battery energy storage system

Planning Board Reaffirms Visioning Scope, Urges Select Board to Sign MVPC Contract

West Newbury Planning Board reaffirms $45,000 MVPC visioning scope amid Select Board contract dispute.

Groveland Planning Board Clears Three Escrow Accounts, Restructures Self-Storage Security

GROVELAND — March 3, 2026 — Groveland Planning Board closes out escrow accounts for three developments and restructures self-storage security in an 11-minute meeting. The board voted unanimously Tuesday to release Chapter 44, Section 53G escrow funds tied to three completed projects: the King Meadow Farm development on Katie Lane,

Hamilton Planning Board Approves Myopia Club Permits, Pursues Housing Grant Status

HAMILTON — February 24, 2026 — Hamilton Planning Board unanimously approved Myopia Hunt Club facility permits and voted to seek state Housing Choice designation at its February 24 meeting. The board accepted a peer-review waiver from Bill Ross of Mane Lake Civil Engineering of Salem, who found that a small repaved

Newbury Planning Board Delays Central Street Subdivision Vote, Cites Drainage and Traffic

Newbury Planning Board continues Central Street subdivision hearing over traffic and drainage concerns.

Newburyport advances Brown School zoning fix, holds courts-and-lanes amendment for revision

NEWBURYPORT — February 18, 2026 — Newburyport's Planning Board and City Council committee advanced a Brown School zoning fix and debated new flexibility for small infill developments at a joint hearing February 18. The Planning and Development Committee, chaired by Councillor Ben Harmon, unanimously recommended approval of an amendment to

West Newbury Planning Board Approves Visioning Scope, Orders Slope Regulation Rewrite

West Newbury Planning Board unanimously advances master plan visioning scope and targets April public hearing on steep-slope rules.

Newbury Planning Board sets March 4 Zoom hearing on zoning bylaw amendments

Newbury Planning Board schedules March 4 Zoom hearing on proposed zoning bylaw amendments. Meeting via Zoom on the evening of March 4, 2026, at 7 p.m., the board will hold a required public hearing on zoning bylaw changes referred by the Select Board ahead of the 2026 Annual Town Meeting.

Middleton Planning Board Opens Hearing on First Zoning Overhaul in Three Decades

MIDDLETON — February 11, 2026 — Middleton Planning Board opens public hearing on first comprehensive zoning rewrite in roughly 30 years. The board, assisted by consultants Amy and Noor from planning firm BHB and Town Planner Anna, worked through the first five sections of a 130-page redlined bylaw at the February

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