Conway v. Town of Stratham

The plaintiff challenges the validity and application of the town of Stratham’s “slow-growth” ordinance that limits the number of lots that may be approved by the town’s planning board. After plaintiffs subdivision plan was rejected on the basis of that ordinance, she brought a petition for declaratory and injunctive relief. The Court (Mullavey, J.) denied relief and reserved and transferred the plaintiffs exceptions. We affirm.

Plaintiff is the owner of certain real estate in the town of Stratham (hereinafter town). In March 1979, the plaintiff submitted a fifteen-lot subdivision plan to the…