Planning Board adopts stormwater rules, considers senior housing
Wenham Planning Board adopts federal stormwater management rules to comply with EPA permit. The board unanimously approved amendments to its Rules and Regulations adding new Construction and Post-Construction Stormwater Management standards, presented by Tim Deguglielmo of Weston & Sampson,
Planning Board · Meeting of April 8, 2026
Wenham Planning Board adopts federal stormwater management rules to comply with EPA permit. The board unanimously approved amendments to its Rules and Regulations adding new Construction and Post-Construction Stormwater Management standards, presented by Tim Deguglielmo of Weston & Sampson, required under the EPA's MS4 Permit effective since 2018. The board also unanimously endorsed an Approval Not Required plan for a 118-acre Essex County Greenbelt property at 7-9 Maple Street, with 97 acres placed under conservation restriction.
Cabot, Cabot & Forbes presented a conceptual redevelopment of Penguin Hall at 62 Essex Street as a 66-unit, 55-and-older age-restricted development projected to generate more than $1 million in annual tax revenue.
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Source: the Planning Board meeting of April 8, 2026, compiled from the official minutes.
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