Goshen planning board grants area variance for 6 Gumwood Drive; 8 Gumwood moves forward for review

The Town of Goshen Planning Board voted to grant an area variance for 6 Gumwood Drive, allowing the applicant to return to the planning board for site‑plan review. The board also took up a related variance request for 8 Gumwood Drive; after discussion the transcript indicates members expressed support and the matter will proceed back to the planning board for engineering and site‑plan review, though a final roll‑call tally for 8 Gumwood was not recorded in the public transcript.

The variance for 6 Gumwood was approved after the board applied the statutory five‑factor test required under local law and state land‑use standards. The board recorded a 3–2 outcome on the 6 Gumwood request after a line‑by‑line consideration of neighborhood character, alternatives, substantiality, environmental impact and whether the difficulty was self‑created.

Applicant counsel Charles (who asked the board to call him Charlie) told the board the two…