Planning Board approves two lot‑line adjustments for New England Flower Farms; waivers granted and deed condition added

The Planning Board reviewed two related lot-line adjustment applications from New England Flower Farms (applications 25-14 and 25-15) and approved both applications after the board granted multiple partial-waiver requests and confirmed there is no development-of-regional-impact.

Application 25-14 (Map 6, Lots 4, 5 and 7) — the board found the application complete, concluded it did not constitute development-of-regional-impact, approved two partial waivers that allow limited surveying and mapping detail for very large parcels, and approved the lot-line adjustment without conditions. The applicant’s engineer explained the transfer would consolidate Lot 5’s remaining strip into adjacent lots so that the end result would be Lots 4 and 7 and no longer a Lot 5; the board confirmed recorded deeds associated with a prior adjustment had been filed and the submitted plans reflected the current state of record.

Application 25-15 (Map 6 Lots 1, 3, 8, 21 and 22) — the board found the application complete and not a development-of-regional-impact, granted partial-waiver requests similar to those for the earlier application, and then approved the lot-line adjustment subject to a single condition. The board added a condition that, once lot-line adjustments are recorded, deeds must reflect that Lots 3 and 4 must remain together and cannot be sold separately; the condition was included to preserve existing building coverage arrangements and prevent separations that would create nonconforming lots in the future.

Waivers: the board approved multiple partial waivers that allow the applicants to limit detailed surveys and feature-mapping for very large parcels where features lie outside the adjustment area; the waivers were described in letters that cite sections of the Loudon land development regulations (for example, requests referencing sections described in the application letters included requirements to show property lines and natural/manmade features for very large parcels).

Votes and procedure: motions to accept the applications as complete, to find no development-of-regional-impact, to grant the listed waivers, and to approve each lot-line adjustment passed by voice vote. For application 25-15 the board’s approval included the deed condition requiring Lots 3 and 4 to remain one saleable entity.

Next steps: the board instructed staff to record the approvals and waivers; for 25-15 staff will confirm deed language is recorded showing Lots 3 and 4 remain together before final implementation.