Townsend Planning Board Tables Three Wheeler Road Stormwater Permit Modification

Planning Board · Meeting of February 9, 2026

Townsend Planning Board tables Three Wheeler Road stormwater permit modification, demands engineer presentation. The board voted unanimously at its February 9 meeting to delay action on a permit modification for a Three Wheeler Road property in the Aquifer Protection Overlay District, where the applicant, Gary Shepherd, is seeking to retain and rehabilitate a structure rather than demolish it, reducing excavation volume from approximately 109,000 to 53,000 cubic yards but adding impervious surface that members said must be formally accounted for. Member Robert Therrien moved to table the item to the February 23 meeting, saying "we need a more formal presentation from the applicant with their consultant here." Separately, the four members present with Chair Andrew Shepherd recused voted unanimously to send the Zoning Board of Appeals a comment of no objection on the same property's concurrent earth excavation special permit modification.

The board also approved two Approval Not Required plans, voted to hold a public hearing on stormwater regulation updates February 23, and accepted its annual report.

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Source: the Planning Board meeting of February 9, 2026, reported from the official video recording and transcript.