Planning Board Endorses Lakewood Park Land Split, Continues 32-Unit Hearing

ASHBURNHAM -- May 26, 2026, Ashburnham Planning Board endorses Lakewood Park Road land split and eyes joint ZBA workshop on 40B permits. At the May 26 meeting, the board unanimously approved an approval-not-required plan transferring Parcel A3 from 12 Lakewood Park Road to 8 Lakewood Park Road to give the latter legal frontage on Wyman Pond Road, with the remaining lot at No. 12 retaining roughly 100,600 square feet against a 50,000-square-foot zoning minimum; applicant surveyor Chris Parra of Parra Lynn's Surveying represented owner Frank Morrill. The board also voted unanimously to continue a stalled public hearing on a 32-unit apartment proposal by State Road West 88 LLC to June 9 at 6 p.m., citing an incomplete second-round peer review by engineering firm Tetra Tech. The bulk of discussion centered on the two active 40B comprehensive permits before the Zoning Board of Appeals, the Sargent Road and Adams Street projects, with the town planner proposing a general technical workshop with ZBA Chair Matt to share site-plan and stormwater expertise before critical decisions are made, noting that approval of either project could allow the town to apply for a short-term 40B safe harbor.