Planning board reviews Wilson subdivision and 6,400‑sq‑ft site plan on Route 32

The West Swanzey Planning Board reviewed application KB25, an applicant-submitted plan to subdivide a 3.53‑acre parcel owned by Mike and Tracy Wilson and to construct a 6,400‑square‑foot building with garage bays and associated site work along Route 32, according to applicant representatives and planning staff.

The matter matters to neighbors and the town because the site plan and subdivision touch wetlands and Martin Brook, involve existing wells and historic easements, and require extensions of municipal water and sewer lines, reviewers said.

Applicant representatives walked the board through a standard completeness checklist. They said proposed Lot 81 would contain about 1.65 acres of contiguous upland and the proposed Lot 2 about 1 acre of contiguous upland. The plan identifies wetlands and shows Martin Brook and an existing culvert and swale that drain toward the nearby airport. "We're not impacting wetland," the applicant representative said when describing grading and…