Planning Board endorses Old Farm Circle plan, holds Hamilton Street ANR

Planning Board · Meeting of August 11, 2026

Belchertown Planning Board gives Woodland Lane developer 90 days to fix neglected drainage basins. Meeting without Chair Dan Beaudette, the board voted 4-0 to endorse an amended subdivision plan for Shelterwood Management LLC on Old Farm Circle, dividing a 3.04-acre lot into three parcels. Members pressed developer Andre after roughly four and a half inches of rain in about 11 to 12 hours flooded a neighbor's yard, with staff member Linda testifying the site's infiltration basins "have not been maintained" since at least 2024.

The board ordered monthly progress reports starting Sept. 8 and an independent engineering certification within 90 days before the town will consider taking over the road. A second ANR, for a Hamilton Street property tied up in the estate of the late Marie Bronner, was continued after a lot-line discrepancy surfaced. Town Planner Doug also floated loosening industrial-zone business rules to fill a vacant mill building, ahead of an Aug. 24 joint meeting with the Select Board, EDIC and Creative Economy Committee.

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Source: the Planning Board meeting of August 11, 2026, reported from the official video recording and transcript.