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Planning Board approves White Oak Road 8‑unit cluster subdivision with reduced buffer and sidewalk escrow
Summary
The Laconia Planning Board approved PB2025‑060, an eight‑unit cluster subdivision on White Oak Road, granting a waiver to reduce the perimeter buffer from 75 to 40 feet and requiring an escrowed sidewalk fund (returned if unused after six years). The decision carried despite public concerns about sediment and Langley Cove water quality.
The Laconia Planning Board on Dec. 16 approved PB2025‑060, an eight‑unit cluster subdivision on White Oak Road, granting two waivers and a set of staff conditions that include a sidewalk escrow. The board accepted the application as complete and voted to approve the subdivision with the conditions recommended by planning staff.
The applicant, identified in the hearing as John, said the 17‑acre R1 parcel contains extensive wetlands and steep topography that constrain developable area and motivated the cluster design. He asked the board to reduce the perimeter buffer required in R1 from the statutory 75 feet to 40 feet under the cluster‑subdivision provision, and to waive construction of interior sidewalks because the short private cul‑de‑sac would not connect to a broader pedestrian network.
Planning staff confirmed the…
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