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Planning board accepts 307 Blackstone application, grants multiple waivers after contentious hearing
Summary
The planning board accepted a four‑lot subdivision application for 307 Blackstone Street, closed a lengthy public hearing and granted multiple waiver requests — including allowing a private gravel travel surface — but required a 20‑foot travel width, one paved sidewalk on one side, and an HOA agreement to hold the HOA responsible for road maintenance.
The Town of Blackstone Planning Board accepted an application for a four‑lot subdivision at 307 Blackstone Street, closed the public hearing after extensive testimony from abutters and granted several waivers with conditions.
Attorney Scott Ambler, representing the applicant, said the revised plans removed a stub road that had raised access concerns and that his client had addressed peer‑review comments from Tetra Tech. "The plans that were presented to you tonight, are what my client is seeking to have approved," Ambler said.
Abutters and their counsel strongly opposed the plan. Henry Lane, an attorney for nearby property owners, told the board the proposal amounted to "a plan to avoid subdivision control," arguing the layout relied on a long gravel private way, multiple waivers and departures from frontage and paving…
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