Neighbors and board approve 22 Wood Road site plan with conditions

The Goshen Planning Board opened a public hearing for an application at 22 Wood Road (Goldman) seeking site-plan approval for a single-family, passive-solar residence on roughly 3.1 acres in an RU zone. Consultant Steve Esposito described the proposal as a two‑bedroom, low-profile house sited to minimize grading and preserve existing hardwoods, and said the rear of the home is oriented nearly due south to maximize passive solar gains.

Board members and staff raised technical clarifications: plan sheets showed the sanitary disposal system sized to a four‑bedroom dwelling while the architectural floor plan is for two bedrooms, and the applicant was asked to confirm which set governs septic design. The board requested a 100‑foot radius around the well on the final plan to ensure the leach field does not encroach on the protected area, and suggested a one‑year look-back after planting to confirm buffer plantings establish successfully.

Neighbors asked whether the new house will be visible from Wood Road, how close the driveway is to adjacent properties and the crest of the hill, and whether the proposed green‑giant arborvitae will provide adequate privacy. The applicant responded that the house will largely be screened by existing and proposed vegetation, that sight distances at the proposed driveway location exceed 400 feet in both directions, and that the septic-perc tests were completed. The board approved the site-plan application subject to the clarifications and conditions discussed, including correcting the bedroom/septic discrepancy, mapping a 100‑foot well radius on the final plan, and the one‑year planting review.