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Planning board grants 6-month continuance to MD's Recycling site plan amid ongoing appeal
Summary
The Milford Planning Board on Feb. 17 granted a six-month continuance for Choice Property Management/MD's Recycling (SP2025-01) after the applicant’s attorney said negotiations with the appeal’s appellant are close and that permitting a replacement site must finish before withdrawing the appealed approval.
The Milford Planning Board on Feb. 17 voted to continue SP2025-01 — the previously approved site plan for Choice Property Management, operating as MD's Recycling — for six months, setting a new target date of Aug. 18, 2026.
"We need to extend for at least another six months," said attorney Chris Winiarski, representing Choice Property Management and MD's Recycling, explaining that a pending appeal and negotiations with the appellant (identified in the record as Hitchner) require more time. Winiarski said the parties were "very close" to signing an agreement but that the applicant must complete permitting for a replacement property before withdrawing the existing approval that is under appeal.
Board members clarified that the rehearing process left a pending application in place rather than an automatic approval and that a new site will require a new application and permitting. "So you do have a pending application that we're continuing," Winiarski told the board, and members pressed for clarity about sequencing and what the extension preserves.
Andrew Chinelli moved to continue the matter to the Aug. 18, 2026 Planning Board meeting; the board approved the continuance by roll-call vote. Chair Doug Knott recorded the motion as passed.
The board directed the applicant to return with updates, including the proposed replacement site, before the continuance expires.
