Planning board delays decision on TD Realty office and storage project pending landscaping and technical responses

Attorney Matthew Landry presented updated architectural renderings and stormwater treatment plans for TD Realty’s proposed office-and-storage project on Stafford Road, telling the board the design was revised from an earlier metal-box concept to a more New England–style facade and added a rain garden to treat roof runoff. "We took the metal building and dressed it down with the color and kind of a roofed porch area to the front of the building," Landry said.

Board members praised the aesthetic improvement and asked for additional landscaping and technical clarifications. Weston & Sampson’s comments prompted requests for drainage profiles and verification of proposed stormwater controls; the applicant’s engineer said many comments were not applicable to this smaller, mostly paved site and that drainage calculations for roof runoff had been provided. The board debated whether supplemental landscaping and certain outstanding items could be handled administratively or should return for full-board final review. To give members time to examine Weston & Sampson’s responses and the applicant time to revise plans, the board agreed to continue the public hearing to Sept. 1 and asked that the applicant be first on the agenda.

Developer Tim DeSilva said the delay has commercial consequences but agreed to supply revised landscaping details and to work with staff on outstanding technical items. The board emphasized it wants clear documentation that screening, septic siting and stormwater controls meet local standards before final approval.