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Planning staff proposes applicant checklist and conceptual consultation to streamline site-plan reviews

Plaistow Planning Board · March 4, 2026
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Summary

Staff presented a one-page applicant checklist and suggested making conceptual consultations a routine pre-submission step to reduce rework and improve board guidance; members agreed to circulate the checklist and begin using it as guidance.

Planning staff showed a draft one-page applicant checklist intended to make the concept-review stage more productive and to reduce duplicative requests during formal site-plan review.

Shay (planning staff) said the checklist is a short guide for applicants to describe proposed uses, existing permitted uses, planned changes to access and traffic, and relevant zoning articles. The…

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