Colao v. Maryland-National Capital Park & Planning Commission

On October 9, 2003, the Prince George’s County Planning Board of the Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission (“the Planning Board”) approved a Preliminary Plan of Subdivision for an 86-lot cluster subdivision, along with a variation from the Subdivision Regulations regarding wetlands.1 The applicant and developer was Cherrywood Development, LLC, one of the appellees in this case. The other appellees are the Planning Board itself and the landowners, Mary E. and Nancy A. Engleman, who had made the initial application.

The subject property is a 53.06-acre parcel of land, situated…