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Conservation commission recommends variance for Barn at 40 Bar Farm Road

Bedford Conservation Commission · September 23, 2025
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The Bedford Conservation Commission voted to recommend approval of a variance to allow a new barn and to regularize an after‑the‑fact shed at 40 Bar Farm Road, conditioned on a small stormwater treatment trench, after the applicant said the slabs predate current wetland delineations.

The Bedford Conservation Commission voted Sept. 23 to recommend approval of a variance to permit construction of a new barn at 45.8 feet from the edge of a wetland, where the town's structural setback requires 50 feet, and to approve an after‑the‑fact variance for a 20‑by‑24 shed at 39.9 feet.

Resident Jeremy Chad Laird told the commission the two concrete pads were poured roughly 20 years ago and that recent wetland delineation created a small area of encroachment. He said he…

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