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Sanbornton Planning Board hears Conservation Commission on LCA rules, grants extensions for two developments
Summary
At its March 5 workshop, the Planning Board heard Conservation Commission discussion on Land Conservation Area (LCA) standards and granted a 12‑month extension for the Winnisquam Professional Retail Center and a 6‑month extension for the Bergeron‑Hope Hill subdivision to meet outstanding conditions.
The Town of Sanbornton Planning Board on March 5 heard Conservation Commission input on proposed Land Conservation Area (LCA) standards and approved time extensions for two pending developments.
Brandon Deacon and Dave Perry of the Conservation Commission presented the board with a decision matrix and supplementary notes emailed on March 2, focusing on prior LCA deferrals and waivers and asking the board to continue deliberation. The Planning Board agreed to resume the LCA and Subdivision Regulation amendment discussion at its March 19 meeting.
The board voted 5-0-0 to grant a 12‑month extension for outstanding conditions of approval for the Winnisquam Professional Retail Center (WPRC) site plan on Laconia Road (Route 3) after a request made on behalf of the applicant by Attorney Robert Best. The motion to grant a 12‑month extension was moved by Selectman Representative Ralph Carter and seconded by Jody Slack; the board recorded the vote as 5-0-0. A previously offered 6‑month extension motion had been withdrawn during that item.
On a separate matter the board voted 5-0-0, on a motion by Chairman Andy Sanborn seconded by Ralph Carter, to grant a six‑month extension to the Bergeron‑Hope Hill Realty Trust subdivision (Hunkins Pond Road) for meeting its outstanding conditions of approval and directed Planning Board Assistant Stephen Laurin to notify the applicant by mail and request a progress report.
The extensions preserve the applicants’ conditional approvals while the applicants address the outstanding items specified in prior permits. The minutes record the original conditional approval dates: WPRC’s conditional approval was granted June 20, 2024; the Bergeron‑Hope Hill subdivision’s conditional approval was granted March 20, 2025.
The board did not finalize LCA amendments at the workshop; Conservation Commission representatives and board members signaled that further detailed review of the decision matrix and any proposed Subdivision Regulation changes will be taken up on March 19.
