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Planning Board continues review of GM Properties' "Villages" project after wetlands, drainage and conservation concerns
Summary
GM Properties ("The Villages") presented revisions that reduce density to 33 units and add parking and sidewalks; the planning board continued the public hearing to Feb. 18, 2026 for conservation and sewer review after residents and several board members raised wetlands-buffer, drainage and precedent concerns.
GM Properties (also described in the hearing as "The Villages") returned to the Charlton Planning Board on Jan. 7 with a substantially revised multifamily site plan. Joshua Lee Smith, outside counsel for the applicant, and the project engineer described changes made since earlier submissions: density has been reduced and site design revised to address peer-review comments.
Key changes the applicant reported include reducing the total units to 33 (10 units on the northerly portion and 23 on the southerly portion), widening the internal drives to keep two-way flow and adding…
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