Miles v. Planning Board of Millbury

The definitive subdivision plan before us, called “Clearview Estates,” proposes to place some 276 duplex houses on 130 acres of land in Millbury now used as a golf course. A previous version of the plan was disapproved by the planning board; on appeal by the developer, the matter — in circumstances to be mentioned at point 3 below — was remanded by the Land Court to the planning board for further consideration. After public hearings, the planning board voted to approve the plan, subject to thirteen “conditions.” Miles, an abutter, filed an appeal which was tried before a judge in the Land…