Knowlton Riverside Estates, Inc. v. Planning Board

The opinion of the court was delivered by

SKILLMAN, P.J.A.D.

This appeal involves the interpretation of N.J.S.A 40:55D-52(d), which entitles a developer to a mandatory extension of the two-*364year period of exemption from a change in the zoning of its property conferred by final subdivision approval, if the developer can prove it was “barred or prevented ... from proceeding with the development because of delays in obtaining legally required approvals from other governmental entities and that [it] applied promptly for and diligently pursued these approvals.”

On December 26, 1989, plaintiffs…