Peabody commission approves pool and deck at 231 Linfield Street, with plantings and plan revisions required

Summary

The Peabody Conservation Commission closed the public hearing and issued an Order of Conditions for a backyard pool, deck and a low stone wall at 231 Linfield Street, contingent on a revised plan showing a 32-inch balanced stone wall, planting details and a post-and-rail fence; the permit passed 6-0.

The Peabody Conservation Commission on May 7 closed the public hearing and issued an Order of Conditions for work that will add a pool, a wooden deck and a low stone wall at 231 Linfield Street, contingent on revised plans and specific mitigation measures.

The action matters because portions of the proposed work sit inside the 200-foot riverfront buffer to Goldthwait Brook and bordering vegetated wetlands; the commission required on-site plantings and limits on how the lawn and fill are managed to offset impacts and protect downstream flood-prone areas.

Nicole Ferrara, environmental consultant with LEC Environmental Consultants, represented the homeowner-applicant, Jean Raimondo. Ferrara told the commission the application proposes a pool and an approximately 492-square-foot wooden deck extending the…

Peabody commission approves pool and deck at 231 Linfield Street, with plantings and plan revisions required

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