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Planning Board acknowledges DEIS for 246‑unit ‘The Enclave’ and starts SEQRA review
Summary
The Town of Newburgh Planning Board acknowledged receipt of a Draft Environmental Impact Statement for The Enclave, a proposed 246‑unit multi‑family development at Route 300 and Gardnertown Road, triggering a 45‑day SEQRA comment period and scheduling board review for March 6.
The Town of Newburgh Planning Board on Jan. 16 acknowledged receipt of the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) for The Enclave, a proposed 246‑unit multi‑family site plan in an R‑3 zone at Route 300 and Gardnertown Road. Reuben Buck of Engineering Properties, representing Diversified Properties LLC, said the DEIS was submitted Dec. 23, 2024 and asked the board to confirm receipt so the formal review process could begin.
Planning Board Attorney Dominic Cordisco told the board that acknowledgement initiates a 45‑day period for the lead agency to provide comments under the State Environmental Quality Review Act (SEQRA). Cordisco said the board will perform a scope‑based review to confirm the DEIS addresses the items in the adopted scope and that a substantive review and a public hearing will follow later in the process. "You're looking to make sure that the applicant has addressed or touched on all things that are included in the scope," Cordisco said.
The board agreed to place the item on the March 6 agenda for consultants’ and board comments, a date that Cordisco noted falls just outside the 45‑day window but was acceptable to the applicant. No votes were taken on the project itself at the Jan. 16 meeting; the action recorded was an acknowledgment of receipt of the DEIS to start the comment period.
What happens next: the board and its consultants will review the DEIS and provide written comments to the applicant within the SEQRA timeframe. A public hearing and a substantive review of environmental analyses — traffic, stormwater, visual and other topic areas defined in the scope — will be scheduled as the next formal steps.
