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Bedford planning board approves 1-year extensions for Riddle Brook Acres and reduces required affordable units to 10%

5512572 · June 2, 2025
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The Bedford Planning Board granted two one-year extensions tied to Gerard J. Dumas Family Trust projects and approved a site-plan amendment reducing the required affordable units at Riddle Brook Acres from 25% to 10%, citing new zoning and economic feasibility concerns; approval carried with standard conditions and outstanding easement questions.

The Bedford Planning Board on June 2 approved two separate one-year extensions for applications filed by the Gerard J. Dumas Family Trust and amended the previously approved Riddle Brook Acres site plan to reduce the share of required affordable units from 25% to 10%.

The board granted a one-year extension for a previously approved lot consolidation and lot-line adjustment and a second one-year extension for the site plan for Riddle Brook Acres, a 54-unit age-restricted (senior) townhouse development at 227 Wallace Road. Both extensions were approved with the condition that all original conditions in the decision letter dated 05/16/2024 remain in effect and be satisfied prior to plan signature.

The extensions and the amendment were presented by Andy Pearlman, attorney for the applicant and partner at Proner and Pearlman, who spoke alongside project engineer Bridal Cole and co-trustee Joanne Dumas. Pearlman…

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