Krafchuk v. Brooks

Welch, Richard E., J.

INTRODUCTION

This appeal from the Ipswich Planning Board’s approval of a subdivision plan for an approximately 23-acre parcel at 18 Heartbreak Road pits various long-time residents of Heartbreak Road against their neighbors Edward and Anna Fagan. The Ipswich Planning Board approved this subdivision only after lengthy and somewhat tortured proceedings. Initially the Planning Board rejected the preliminary subdivision plan. When a definitive subdivision plan was filed, the Planning Board held extensive hearings but did not act upon it within the required 90 days. By statute…