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Hooksett planning board continues contentious Valley View/Corvo subdivision after hours of public comment; asks applicant to seek zoning/conservation sign‑offs
Summary
Neighbors urged denial over safety, drainage and groundwater concerns. The board accepted an extension to April 7 so the applicant can pursue special exception(s) and conservation review and return with responses to technical comments.
After more than two hours of public comment and technical questions, the Hooksett Planning Board on Jan. 23 continued the public hearing for a proposed 19‑lot subdivision that would extend Valley View Drive into land behind Corvo Drive.
The project, proposed for Map 22 Lot 4617 and Map 27 Lot 45, would extend Valley View Drive, add three detention basins and build 19 new house lots. The applicant and engineer told the board they had provided additional materials to neighboring towns as part of a previously declared regional‑impact review and that Southern New Hampshire Regional Planning and neighboring towns had no objections, although Southern New Hampshire RPC flagged drainage into wetlands shared with adjacent towns.
Attorney Courtney Herz, representing multiple abutters, told the board the application is “premature and…
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