Lakeville Planning Board advances first subdivision rules rewrite since 1987

Planning Board · Meeting of March 12, 2026

Lakeville Planning Board fields resident flooding complaints, pushes ahead on 1987 rules overhaul. Consulting engineer Jamie Bissonette of Zemith Consulting Engineers walked the board through a page-by-page rewrite of the town's subdivision rules and regulations, targeting legal review by mid-April and adoption by June. Resident Eric Stanley, speaking for an absent HOA president, said runoff from the Pinecrest Village subdivision has turned his street into "a river," a complaint the town's conservation agent said its own inspection did not substantiate.

The board voted unanimously to send Zoning Board of Appeals comments on petitions at 234 Kenneth Welch Drive and 111 Highland Road, to recommend the Select Board retain the outgoing town planner as a paid consultant, and to ask town counsel about liability before pursuing a contamination assessment at the former hospital site. Members also backed a 15-acre minimum parcel size for a proposed open space development bylaw, with a public forum set for March 25 at the Lakeville Library.

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Source: the Planning Board meeting of March 12, 2026, reported from the official video recording and transcript.