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Manchester planning board keeps Dunkin’ drive‑through plan open while staff, developer work on design and traffic details

5969082 · June 5, 2025
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The Manchester Planning & Zoning Board continued the public hearing for PDSP2025‑002, a proposed 1,815 sq ft Dunkin’ with single‑lane drive‑through at 1895 South Willow St., and asked the applicant to finalize pedestrian, landscape and DPW drainage/striping details before a business‑meeting vote.

The Manchester Planning & Zoning Board on April 3 kept PDSP2025‑002, a planned development and site plan for a proposed Dunkin’ Donuts at 1895 South Willow Street, open for two weeks so staff and the applicant can finalize engineering and design items.

The application, presented by attorney John Cronin and civil engineers from TF Moran, proposes a roughly 1,815‑square‑foot coffee shop with limited indoor seating, a single‑lane drive‑through, 22 new parking spaces and pedestrian connections adjacent to a new Service Credit Union branch in the city’s B‑2 general business district. Cronin said, “Dunkin’ Donuts is under agreement with this particular parcel for the plan that’s been designed.”

Board members and staff focused discussion on three clusters of issues: traffic and driveway access, pedestrian connections and architecture/streetscape. Traffic…

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