Through its June 9 strategic planning session and subsequent goal-prep document, the Select Board set a FY27 goal to create a town-wide policy and process for coordinated land use decisions. The Land Use Planning goal assigns board members to work with the Town Administrator, Community & Economic Development Director, Planning Board, Open Space Committee, Municipal Affordable Housing Trust, and Harvard Energy Advisory Committee to draft a policy by December 30, 2026, and to produce a development plan for the MBTA-zoned site on Ayer Road. This is a policy and planning effort with no vendor selected, and it touches affordable housing, energy resilience, preservation, and tax-title properties. Planning, legal, and facilitation consultants who specialize in comprehensive land use frameworks, housing production planning, and zoning/MBTA-compliance can support the town in drafting defensible policies, evaluation criteria, and workflows that align with its various master, housing production, and climate plans.
Land use work will intersect with the Ayer Road water/sewer project, MBTA community zoning complianc...
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A second work session on July 9, 2026 is scheduled for discussion of proposed Land Use Code amendments to Section 12-15 Condominium Plats and Section 5-14 Planned Unit Development (PUD) and Subdivisions. The county is examining how it regulates condo platting, PUDs, and subdivision processes, which are core to local development review and housing patterns. The agenda characterizes this as discussion of proposed amendments, with no indication that a consultant has been selected or that the language is final. This puts the county in an open planning phase, where planning, legal, housing, and development code specialists can help refine standards, improve workflows, draft defensible language, and align the code with housing and growth objectives. Vendors can also position related tools like digital plat/subdivision review platforms or public engagement services once the regulatory framework is clarified.
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