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HDC holds 3 Pops Lane plans after neighbors warn of ‘wall of massing’; commissioners ask for grading sections and design revisions
Summary
After extensive public comment from nearby homeowners and conservation members, the Historic District Commission held the application for a large new house at 3 Pops Lane for further revisions and requested site sections, grading details, and reduced fenestration facing the creeks.
The Nantucket Historic District Commission on Jan. 14 held an application for a new, single‑story main house, guest house, garage and pool at 3 Pops Lane and asked the applicant for substantial revisions after several abutters described the proposal as out of character for the small Pops Lane enclave.
Abutters and abutters’ representatives said the proposed assembly of low, connected masses would read as a single, long “wall of massing” when viewed from the creeks and public ways. Several speakers said the proposal’s length, high degree of glazing facing Millie’s Creek and a proposed two‑foot change in finished grade…
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