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Milford planning board approves 2‑lot minor subdivision at 123 Bald Hill Road
Summary
On May 20 the Milford Planning Board approved a minor subdivision (case SD2025‑04) to split an 18.9‑acre parcel at 123 Bald Hill Road into a 13.91‑acre lot and a 4.96‑acre lot; wetlands on the site mean any future wetland impacts will require ZBA review.
The Milford Planning Board on May 20 unanimously approved a minor subdivision (case SD2025‑04) that will split an approximately 18.9‑acre parcel at 123 Bald Hill Road into two residential lots, creating a new 4.96‑acre southerly lot and leaving a 13.91‑acre lot with the existing house.
Board Chair Janet Langdell said the application was complete and accepted for public hearing before members unanimously voted to approve the lot split. The smaller new lot would be Map 51 Lot 5‑2 and is shown with about 550 feet of frontage along Ball Hill Road; the remainder lot will retain about 1,150.81 linear feet of frontage.
The application was presented by Sam Ingram of Meridian Land Services, who described the proposal as a straightforward division that largely follows a past subdivision line. Ingram said the new lot would be served by a private well and septic system and that the mapped wetlands cross much of the parcel, leaving only limited upland area for a future house and driveway.
The presence of wetlands figured in public questions. A Zoom participant identified as Ken asked whether blasting could occur for wells or foundations; Chair Langdell noted that any blasting would be regulated by Milford’s blasting ordinance and applicable state RSAs and industry best practices. Town planner Terry Dolan told the board the staff memorandum notes that "if there are any wetland impacts or wetland buffer impacts ever proposed ... prior to a building permit being issued, they would have to go back to the ZBA for any wetland buffer or wetland impacts." That requirement was emphasized as a condition of future development, not as part of the current approval of the subdivision itself.
Several named abutters were called during the hearing and two residents asked questions about buildable land, potential additional subdivision, and protections for existing wells. Holly Talapa asked whether the roughly 5‑acre new lot could convey two building lots; Ingram and staff explained the current application creates a single new lot and noted zoning and frontage rules would limit further subdivision. No conditions were added to the board’s approval beyond the standard requirement that any future wetland or wetland‑buffer impacts would trigger ZBA review.
The board’s action was procedural approval of the minor subdivision; no site plans, driveway permits, or building permits for future development were approved as part of this decision. If future applicants propose wetland impacts, Dolan said those proposals will return to town processes for special permits or variances as required.
The decision clears the way for recording the new lot as shown on the submitted plan, subject to normal plan recording and permitting steps and to any ZBA review if future wetland buffer impacts are proposed.
