Deer Leap Associates v. Town of Windham

This is an appeal from an order of the Superior Court (Perkins, J.), disposing of the appeals from two separate deci*556sions of the Town of Windham Planning Board. For the reasons that follow, we reverse.

In September 1985, the Town of Windham Planning Board considered a proposal submitted by Deer Leap Associates (Deer Leap) to create a multi-lot subdivision contiguous with Rock Pond in Wind-ham. At its September 25, 1985 meeting, the board approved the plans for all but one of the lots comprising the third phase of the subdivision development. According to the minutes of the planning board…