Conservation commission approves revised Norwalk single‑lot plan, requires two trees within 100‑foot upland review area

The Norwalk Conservation Commission on Feb. 10 approved application S25‑660, a revised single‑lot development plan that widens the buffer from an adjacent watercourse and alters the planting plan, with a new condition requiring two native shade trees be planted within the 100‑foot upland review area.

The applicant’s wetland scientist, Bill Kenny, and engineer Brian French described changes that shifted grading and drainage to increase setback distances. "We were able to bump the grading ... at the closest point now, 45 feet, and at other points, 46, 51 feet," Brian French said,…