Planning Board OKs Ball Fields, Zoning Fix
Groton's Planning Board approved a major site plan for the Cow Pond Brook Athletic Field renovation and recommended a zoning bylaw clarifying site plan appeals for Town Meeting.
Planning Board · Meeting of April 2, 2026
Groton's Planning Board approved a major site plan for the Cow Pond Brook Athletic Field renovation and recommended a zoning bylaw clarifying site plan appeals for Town Meeting. The board also cleared a minor site plan for a new antenna at MIT Lincoln Laboratory and deferred the Casella Meadows subdivision to April 9. Sustainability Commission's Charlotte Wigel told the board the proposed Specialized Stretch Energy Code, headed to a May 2 Town Meeting vote, could save all-electric homeowners "about $1,300 per year" while qualifying Groton for a $1.15 million state Climate Leaders grant.
Board members voiced concern the code could raise construction costs for affordable housing. The board also agreed to a three-to-five-day balloon test and one-mile notification radius for a pending Tower Comm cell tower application, and approved its December 11, 2025 minutes.
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