Barlow v. Planning Board

This appeal by the trustees is from a decision of the Land Court upholding the refusal of the planning board of Wayland to approve their proposed site plan for lot 20 in a conservation cluster development (CCD).4 The trustees chal*315lenge the judge’s consideration of the planning board’s action under the standard of review applicable to a special permit and argue that even if that standard applies, the planning board’s refusal was arbitrary, capricious, or based on legally untenable grounds. We affirm.

1. Background. On September 14, 1992, the planning board granted the trustees a special permit…