Legal Opinion
Matthews v. Planning Board
Massachusetts Appeals Court
Decided August 27, 2008No. 07-P-1164PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtSmith, J.
On December 16, 2003, the planning board (board) of the town of Brewster (tpwn) voted to disapprove the petition *457of David J. Matthews, III, and Anna L. Matthews (collectively, the Matthewses) for a preliminary subdivision plan for a development known as Stonewood. The board concluded that the Stone-wood subdivision’s proposed access road, Stonewood Road, would require vehicles to traverse the roads in Wood Duck Estates (Wood Duck), an abutting approved subdivision, thereby requiring modification of Wood Duck’s subdivision plan, which the Matthewses had not obtained.
The Matthewses filed a…
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