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Planning board approves amended subdivision split for Lots 6 and 6A on Jordan Lake
Summary
The Poland Planning Board accepted an amended major-subdivision application formalizing the split of Lot 6 into Lot 6 and Lot 6A at 43 Gerard Lane on Jan. 27; the board limited its decision to the two lots and noted other previously recorded but unapproved plans in the subdivision will require separate corrective filings if title issues surface.
The Poland Planning Board on Jan. 27 approved an amended major-subdivision application to formalize the split of Lot 6 into Lot 6 and Lot 6A at 43 Gerard Lane (map 15, lot 35D6 / 35D6A).
Stuart Davis of Davis Lance Surveying, representing owner Lori Richardson, told the board he reviewed the subdivision’s plan history dating to 1993 and said several later plans were recorded in the registry in 1997 and 1998 without formal planning-board approval. Davis said his firm surveyed and located property pins for lots 6 and 6A, reset several monuments and prepared the amended plan now before the board. “I’m Stuart Davis with Davis Lance Surveying, here representing Lori Richardson,” he said in presenting the application.
Board members pressed for clarity on whether the recorded plans had been formally approved; staff and members reported that portions of the subdivision had been recorded but not signed off by the town. The board emphasized the application under review was narrowly scoped: it addressed only lots 6 and 6A rather than all historical irregularities across the subdivision. Members repeatedly noted that title work or future sales on other lots may uncover the same paperwork gaps and that such issues would need separate remedial filings by the affected property owners.
A prospective buyer, identifying himself as Jordan the third, said he was trying to buy Lot 6A and suggested the recorded-but-unapproved-plan history could explain earlier tax- and mailing-address discrepancies. “I’m trying to buy that lot — 6A,” he told the board during public comment.
After discussion the board moved to accept the application and the required checklist as presented. Members voted to approve the amended subdivision for lots 6 and 6A; the board noted there would be no separate public hearing or sitewalk for this filing. Signatures on the approval were arranged for the next meeting.
The board cautioned that its action formalizes only the split of 6 and 6A; it does not retroactively validate other recorded plans for which separate approvals were never obtained. Town staff and future title companies may require additional corrective filings for other lots if those issues arise in sale or permitting processes. The applicant and staff were advised to follow up with the town office on recording requirements and any remaining code steps.
