Planning Board

Douglas Planning Board signals support for limiting accessory dwelling units to one per lot while directing staff to research a restricted special-permit pathway for a second.

DOUGLAS — May 27, 2026 — Douglas Planning Board votes to take stalled subdivision bond and flags solar project's unpaid decommissioning fund. The board voted unanimously at its May 27 reorganization meeting to initiate taking a cash bond of just over $24,000 held for the long-dormant Whitten Heights

DOUGLAS — May 13, 2026 — Douglas Planning Board moves toward fire cistern regulations for subdivisions lacking hydrant access. Deputy Chief Kelly of the Douglas Fire Department told the board Wednesday that roughly 72 percent of Douglas has no municipal hydrant coverage, prompting a push to add cistern requirements to the town&

DOUGLAS — April 22, 2026 — Douglas Planning Board approves Railroad Ave. accessory apartment and shifts meeting hour. The board voted unanimously April 22 to grant Lucille Gallagher a special permit for a roughly 600-square-foot accessory apartment at 38 Railroad Ave., finding the application met all criteria under the town&

DOUGLAS — April 8, 2026 — Douglas Planning Board formally objects to South Meadow Woods 40B project ahead of May ZBA hearing. The board directed Town Planner John Bombara to finalize and transmit a comment letter to the Zoning Board of Appeals raising objections to the Hausen Development proposal for 30 Southwest

DOUGLAS — March 25, 2026 — Douglas Planning Board approves earth removal permit, raises concerns over 40B housing application. The board voted unanimously Wednesday to grant a three-year earth removal special permit to Pine, Sand, and Stone Incorporated for a four-acre operation on Route 146, accessed through 1 Lackadam Road,

DOUGLAS — March 11, 2026 — Douglas Planning Board unanimously advances a new 95,000-cubic-yard earth removal permit for Pine, Sand, and Stone Incorporated along Route 146 while pressing an agricultural development for overdue soil data. The board voted to authorize staff to draft a conditional decision on special permit

DOUGLAS — February 25, 2026 — Douglas Planning Board unanimously endorses two warrant articles correcting Attorney General objections to local bylaws. The board voted 8-0 on both articles at its February 25 meeting, recommending favorable action at town meeting on amendments to the Accessory Dwelling Unit bylaw — originally passed at the

DOUGLAS — February 11, 2026 — Douglas Planning Board accepts withdrawal of Eastland Partners flexible development permit and signals resistance to key access waiver. The board voted unanimously Wednesday to accept the withdrawal without prejudice of special permit SP-251203 for a proposed 10-lot flexible development at Southwest Main Street, Map

DOUGLAS — January 28, 2026 — Douglas Planning Board advances subdivision rules overhaul and sets February 11 target for closing a year-long public hearing. At its January 28 meeting, the board voted unanimously to continue the hearing to February 11 after Community Development Director John Charbonneau walked members page by page