The Peabody Planning Board on Oct. 2 granted the applicant an extension to Oct. 16, 2025, for the continued site and building permit plan review of 15 Sylvan Street (Map 30, Lot 49).

Board members voted unanimously to receive a late communication from Attorney John R. Kelty and to grant the requested extension, moving the item off the Oct. 2 agenda until the later date.

The extension comes after staff reported that revised plans were submitted last week "as requested by the peer reviewer," then forwarded to the Department of Public Services and returned to the peer reviewer for confirmation. Staff said they are "hopeful that we would have a closeout memo this evening from Department of Public Services," but that memo had not arrived and the extension was requested so the board could act after the peer-review closeout is complete.

Discussion at the meeting focused on whether the later submissions contained major changes. A board member asked staff if the revisions would require a new full plan set; Drew, Department of Public Services staff, responded that the materials were not in the packet for the Oct. 2 meeting but would be included in the next packet and that from his recollection "there shouldn't be any massive changes." He added that the most substantive revision likely was "a more enforced right turn only out of the PBD side entrance," and that the applicant had "buffed that up, if you will, in that area."

Formal action: a member moved "to receive a late communication from Attorney John R. Kelty, 40 Lowell Street, BBD, requesting an extension of time until 10/16/2025; move to receive communication and grant requested extension." The motion was seconded by Dr. Otto and approved unanimously.

This was a continuance of an item originally continued from the Sept. 18 meeting; staff told the board they expect a final closeout memo from the Department of Public Services before the new deadline. The board did not take additional votes on the substance of the plan at the Oct. 2 meeting.

The board will revisit 15 Sylvan Street on or after Oct. 16, 2025, once the peer reviewer and Department of Public Services have provided their closeout documentation.