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Zoning Board of Appeals

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Zoning board extends 40B deadline, presses developer for missing plans

Pepperell zoning board extends 40B deadline, presses developer on unresolved traffic and landscaping. The Zoning Board of Appeals granted the Layton Landing developer a 30-day extension to April 16 and continued its hearing on the 180-unit project to April 15.

Boxborough ZBA continues sign hearing after permit error found

Boxborough Zoning Board of Appeals continues a sign permit hearing after the town admits its own error. The board voted 5-0 to push the case involving 1146 Massachusetts Avenue business Element, formerly National Technical Systems, to March 18 so staff can dig up 1998-era permit records.

Zoning board accepts yoga-studio withdrawal, approves chickens and Mossman Road rebuild

SUDBURY -- March 2, 2026, Sudbury ZBA accepts yoga-studio withdrawal, signals bylaw fix for small fitness uses. The Zoning Board of Appeals voted 4-0 on March 2 to accept the withdrawal without prejudice of a use-variance application by Wilder Companies for a 1,700-square-foot yoga studio

Lexington Zoning Board Unanimously Approves Relocation of 1722 Historic House

LEXINGTON -- February 12, 2026, Lexington's Zoning Board of Appeals voted 5-0 to allow relocation of the circa-1722 Joseph Bridge-Eli Burdew House, described as the sixth-oldest standing home in Lexington, to a new rear lot at 451 Merritt Road. Board Chair Ralph D. Clifford led

Wayland ZBA upholds Veritas Christian Academy building permit on 4-1 vote

WAYLAND -- February 10, 2026, Wayland ZBA upholds Veritas Christian Academy building permit on 4-1 vote. The Zoning Board of Appeals on Feb. 10 affirmed the Planning Board's April 15, 2025 site-plan approval and the Oct. 30, 2025 building permit for the school at 172 Cochituate Road,