Planning board accepts Hubbard Hill subdivision as complete and votes conditional approval pending written sign‑offs

The Woodstock Planning Board voted to accept as complete and then conditionally approve a revised four‑lot subdivision for property tied to Hubbard Hill LLC on Mirror/Merry Lake Road, but set conditions requiring written sign‑offs from the fire chief and the road agent and resolution of a 30‑foot setback question before final signatures.

The action matters to nearby residents because the plan changes driveway configurations and places houses and driveways near steep slopes and wooded buffers; the board’s conditions make final approval contingent on town safety and highway reviews.

Hancock Associates’ director Joe Pichnolic presented the revised plan, saying the applicant reduced the project from five lots to four, arranged two shared driveways (lots 2.1 & 2.2 share one; lots 2.3 & 2.4 share the other), added emergency turnarounds, clarified utility and drainage details and provided state subdivision approval materials. “We believe that everything is now in order,” Pichnolic said, and offered to answer questions about the revised sheets.

Board members and residents then spent more than an hour on design and safety questions. Residents asked how the shared 10‑foot driveways and the emergency…