Planning Board

BELLINGHAM — June 12, 2026 — Bellingham Planning Board reorganized its leadership and approved a backlot subdivision special permit for 40 Grove Street at its June 12 meeting. The board elected Marty Walsh as chair by a 3-to-1 vote with one abstention, then unanimously appointed Phil Devine as vice chair

BELLINGHAM — May 29, 2026 — Bellingham Planning Board votes 4-0 to deny the Blackstone Street improvement development and stormwater management permit. Town Planner Rachel, presenting a draft denial dated May 27, 2026, told the board that a special permit is discretionary and that the applicant had never formally sought waivers

BELLINGHAM — May 18, 2026 — Bellingham Planning Board recommended passing over two street acceptances and approved a revised affordable housing permit at its May 18 meeting. The board voted unanimously to recommend town meeting pass over the Candlelight Lane street acceptance after peer reviewer TEC identified discrepancies between the as-built

BELLINGHAM — April 27, 2026 — Bellingham Planning Board closes Blackstone Street hearing and continues two contested street acceptances to May 14. The four-member board voted 4-0 at its April 27 meeting to close the public hearing on the Blackstone Street stormwater and development plan applications and directed staff to

BELLINGHAM — April 13, 2026 — Bellingham Planning Board's April 13 meeting left no usable public record after a community access TV recording failure. The capture provided to Townbrief Bellingham contains only repeated audio artifacts — hundreds of iterations of "Thank you for watching" — with no audible deliberation, no