Craig v. Planning Board

In an action brought in Superior Court pursuant to G. L. c. 41, § 81BB, Theresa Craig challenged the Haverhill Planning Board’s (board) approval of a subdivision plan submitted by defendant Louis Duquette regarding land on Old Ferry Road in Haverhill. After a jury-waived trial, the judge determined that the plan had been constructively approved according to the terms of G. L. c. 41, § 81U, as the statutory time for final disposition of the plan, and any period of extension, had lapsed. The judge further ruled that Craig’s appeal was not timely, as it had been filed more than twenty days after…