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Planning board grants conditional site-plan approval for 324 Route 125 project with conditions
Summary
After a continued hearing, the planning board conditionally approved a three-building commercial/garage-style development at 324 Route 125, subject to several technical conditions including state driveway permit, TEC and town-engineer sign-offs, DES septic approval and fire-department requirements.
The Brentwood Planning Board granted conditional site-plan approval July 17 for a three-building development at 324 Route 125 proposed by Revolution Real Estate, after the applicant addressed comments from the Zoning Board of Adjustment, the conservation commission and the town’s technical reviewers.
Dan Page of Jones & Beach Engineering presented the revised submission for three buildings (nine contractor-style garage units plus an office building), on-site well and septic, and two infiltration basins designed to reduce post-development peak runoff. Page said the revised plan replaces an earlier open swale with closed drainage and added catch basins to reduce concentrated runoff; he reported a modeled reduction in two-year peak discharge of about 95 percent compared with existing conditions.
Why it matters: the development was modified in response to zoning-board conditions and town-engineer comments to limit grading and protect wetland buffers. Technical review and mitigation were central to the board’s approval.
Board findings and conditions: the applicant reported that the Zoning Board of Adjustment granted a variance allowing limited work within a 50-foot wetland buffer, with the requirement that drainage be converted from swale to closed drainage. The planning board’s conditional approval incorporated several standard and site-specific conditions: final state (NH DOT) driveway permit; confirmation from the town engineer, Glenn Greenwood, that his review comments were satisfied; receipt of a letter from the Brentwood Fire Department concerning fire-protection arrangements and any required annual inspections; TEC (town engineering consultant) final review confirming that prior comments are addressed; NH DES approval for septic; and submission of recorded easement documentation for existing utility lines where applicable.
The board set a timeframe for the applicant to provide outstanding documentation and asked that final signatures be withheld until all listed conditions are satisfied. The approval was conditioned for a one-year period, with standard construction and inspection oversight.
Public and procedural notes: the conservation commission had no exceptions to the project after on-site review. Board members and reviewers discussed snow storage, truck turning radii for emergency access, erosion control fencing, and stormwater-basin test pits; the applicant revised plans to show full silt-fence encirclement, additional test pits and truck-turning diagrams. The board voted to approve the conditional site-plan application subject to the listed conditions.
