Woodstock planning board continues Hubbard Hills subdivision hearing, asks applicant for corrected plan

The Woodstock Planning Board continued a public hearing on a proposed major subdivision for property owned by Hubbard Hills LLC on Miller Lake Road and set a new date for June 9 at 5:00 p.m., after board members said the application was incomplete and raised questions about rights-of-way, easements, stormwater and emergency access.

Board members said the property — about 6.78 acres as presented in the application — was originally proposed as five lots but the applicant told the board it intends to reconfigure the plan to four homes. Planning Board member (name given in roll call) said the board lacked a complete application and “we need to have... all the details, all the information we need before we can declare it complete and deliberate and vote.”

The board’s concern was procedural and technical: they listed roughly two dozen items missing or unclear on the submitted plan, and emphasized that the board can condition approvals on state or federal permits but may not approve an incomplete application. Town attorney Christopher Perry advised the board that a right of way is a form of…