Conservation commission grants one-year extension for Heritage Court subdivision order

The Brockton Conservation Commission voted Wednesday to grant a one-year extension to the order of conditions covering work at the Heritage Court subdivision, allowing the developer additional time to complete two partially built homes and to begin work on four additional lots. The extension was approved by roll call vote and will keep the commission’s oversight in place for another year.

The extension gives the project team more time to coordinate required corrections to stormwater features and to restore regular monitoring. Kyle Holden, the commission’s conservation agent, told the commission the subdivision has “some deviations from the plan of record” and that previous orders required fixes to stormwater features that had not yet been completed. He recommended a one-year extension so the commission can “maintain oversight” while the city, the law department and the developer coordinate next steps.

Developer representative Eric Garber told the commission his firm, working for the applicant Steven Ross, plans to complete the two houses that are “50% complete” and build four modular homes; he estimated the work could be finished “within 8 months.” Commissioners asked staff to require consistent monthly monitoring reports during the extension; Holden said monitoring had been “spotty” and that the year-long extension would allow the commission to check progress and take further action if concerns persist.

The motion to issue the one-year extension was moved and seconded and passed by roll call (ayes from Clay, Burgess, Green, Talbot, Morris, Leon). The commission’s vote preserves its ability to require the previously ordered stormwater corrections and monitoring and to revisit the matter if progress is insufficient.

The extension does not itself change the substance of permit conditions; it simply extends the time for the applicant to satisfy those conditions. Holden said the applicant can apply for another extension later if needed, but that the commission expects timely monitoring reports and corrective work while the extension is in effect.