Pepperell Planning Board Sets $217,000 Bond, Releases One Heritage Estates Lot

PEPPERELL — August 27, 2018 — Pepperell Planning Board releases one Heritage Estates lot under a conditional $217,000 Phase 2 bond. The board voted three ayes with one abstention at its August 27 meeting to release Lot 22 from Heritage Estates Phase 2, establishing a $217,000 bond subject to review and potential adjustment by the town engineer; no further lot releases are authorized until the engineer confirms final figures. The board also unanimously approved an Approval Not Required land swap between abutters at 4 and 6 Nursery Road, intended to place an existing chain-link fence entirely within the owning party's property. The board welcomed Lisa Davis as interim part-time town planner and told residents that a proposed commercial land reclamation project remains with the town's attorneys and the Board of Selectmen, with the Planning Board not yet asked to participate. Heading into September 17 public hearings on a proposed Elm Street common driveway and duplex special permits, members warned that application materials are too incomplete to support a decision, flagging missing site plans, grading, drainage, and septic details for a project that could place up to ten residential units on a single common drive with wetlands along both edges.