Canterbury Meadows compatibility review draws public opposition; commission directs revisions on wetlands, drainage and lot layout

Prestige Builder Group presented a revised concept for Canterbury Meadows, a proposed 32‑lot open‑space conservation subdivision on roughly 94 acres near Ravenna Street and Stow Road. Staff described the submission as a compatibility review — the first of three formal steps for subdivisions under the Land Development Code — and reminded the commission that compatibility review is advisory and not a final action.

Applicant representatives said the plan had been revised since the earlier application: lots were reduced from 34 to 32; average lot sizes were decreased; proposed open space increased from roughly 50% to about 62% of the net site area; perimeter setbacks were increased (western perimeter from 100 ft to about 135 ft, east perimeter to about 112 ft); and stormwater management was redesigned with two primary retention basins and conveyance systems intended to reduce runoff toward neighboring parcels. The applicant said Army Corps of Engineers correspondence reduced the acreage of potentially impacted wetlands from about…