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Planning Board to Update Chestnut–Lincoln parking-lot control plan, defers final decision

5578922 · August 13, 2025
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Summary

The Needham Planning Board reviewed a town-led application to update the control plan for the Chestnut and Lincoln Street municipal parking lot, confirming 189 spaces on the ground and asking staff to return with a draft decision for final action at the next meeting.

The Needham Planning Board reviewed an application to modify the site-plan special permit for the Chestnut and Lincoln Street municipal parking lot and agreed to defer a final vote until a draft decision can be prepared. The applicant and town staff said the revised control plan reflects what is currently on the ground and shows 189 marked parking spaces.

The town’s presenter, Chris Heap, said the parking lot was originally permitted by “site plan special permit 98-6” in June 1998 and has been amended multiple times. Heap told the board: “The plan shows a 189 parking spaces in total, and that is essentially consistent with all of the… various amendments over the years.”

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