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Lowell planning board approves five-unit development at 558 Gorham Street

Lowell Planning Board · March 3, 2026
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Summary

The board approved a special permit and site plan for NLK Homes to build a triplex and a duplex (five units) at 558 Gorham Street, 4–1 on both votes, with conditions on trash pickup, snow removal, HOA enforcement of fire access and follow-up with utility comments.

The Lowell Planning Board voted 4–1 on March 2 to grant a special permit and site-plan approval for a five-unit residential project at 558 Gorham Street, allowing one triplex and one duplex in the Urban Mixed-Use (UMU) zone.

The applicant, appearing on behalf of NLK Homes, told the board the current submission re-labels the two duplex garages as single-car garages for permitting while leaving the physical garage openings unchanged and adds a surface parking space to meet the 10-space requirement for the lot. The representative said the design also shifts a small landscape…

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