Conservation Commission approves Peakham Road addition, Plimpton septic; continues four other hearings

SUDBURY — April 6, 2026 — Sudbury Conservation Commission approves two projects and continues four, signaling impatience at fifth Prides Crossing hearing. The commission, chaired by David Henkels, issued an order of conditions for a deck-to-addition swap and dog fence at 447 Peakham Road for Jadra Stahain and David Pompel, requiring native plantings between the fence and a potential vernal pool. A negative determination was issued for the Brouillets' replacement septic at 104 Plimpton Road, conditioned on Board of Health approval and supplemental restoration plantings. The bulk of the meeting was a fifth hearing on 94 Prides Crossing, where First Colony Development's team — Doug Dillon of Goddard Consulting and engineer Mark Aldag — proposed widening an unpermitted southern gravel road across an Agricultural Preservation Restriction to 20 feet for fire-apparatus access, offsetting roughly 5,450 square feet of new impact by removing 5,630 square feet of asphalt to the north. Vice-Chair Kenneth Holtz pushed back: "The baseline is it should all just be completely removed." The hearing was continued to April 27.