Woodstock planning board continues hearing on proposed five‑lot Mirror Lake subdivision

The Woodstock Planning Board on a motion to continue the public hearing agreed to postpone action on a proposed five‑lot subdivision of a 6.78‑acre property on Mirror Lake Road owned/put forward by Hubbard Hills LLC and to reconvene the hearing March 3 at 5 p.m.

The board opened the hearing to review an application for Map and Lot 22711 (Mirror Lake Road) and heard a presentation from the applicant’s representative and multiple abutters before concluding the board did not yet have sufficient information to render a decision. “We will regroup on March 3, ’5 o’clock. Yes. We’re continuing the hearing until that date,” the planning board chair said.

Why it matters: The proposal would split roughly 6.78 acres into five lots, each described by the applicant as “about an acre or more,” and raises concerns the board said must be addressed before approval — chiefly whether the development should be served by a looped road built to town road standards or by multiple private driveways, and whether state septic and shoreline approvals and detailed drainage designs will protect Mirror…