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Guilford neighbors appeal septic permits; hearing officer limits first issues to standing and timeliness
Summary
Neighbors of 43 Bay Street challenged septic permits issued Oct. 31, 2025, arguing site work threatens their property; the Department of Public Health hearing will decide whether the neighbors qualify as "aggrieved persons" under Conn. Gen. Stat. §19a-229 and whether their appeals were filed on time. Briefing deadlines were set.
A state administrative hearing on appeals of septic permits for 43 Bay Street in Guilford opened with a narrow procedural focus: the hearing officer ordered briefing to decide whether nearby property owners are "aggrieved persons" under Conn. Gen. Stat. §19a-229 and whether the appeals were timely.
The disputes stem from repair permits the local health director said were issued Oct. 31, 2025. Sonia Brinkworth, director of health, testified under oath that the permits were issued Oct. 31 and that she sent an explanatory email to counsel on Nov. 6 clarifying the permit as a "permit to construct for a repair system" after the owner revised plans. "They were approved October 31," Brinkworth said, and identified the Nov. 6 email as Exhibit 2.
Neighbors represented by attorney Daniel Chappell say they only learned a new,…
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