Gagnon v. Municipal Planning Commission of Ansonia

This is an appeal by the defendant landowner1 from the trial court’s ruling that the defendant commission had acted illegally in approving his subdivision application. The defendant claims that the trial court erred (1) in applying an incorrect standard of review, (2) in concluding that the plaintiffs had an enforceable right of way across his land which should have been recognized by the commission, and (3) in depriving the defendant of his property rights without due process of law. We agree.

In February, 1982, the municipal planning commission (commission) of the city of Ansonia approved…