Board of Supervisors v. Tohickon Creek Associates

Opinion by

Judge Craig,

The Board of Supervisors (governing body) of Rich-land Township appeals from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Bucks County that granted a writ of mandamus to the Tohickon Creek Associates (Tohickon) ordering the township to approve the final subdivision plan which Tohickon Creek Associates had submitted for a proposed land development project.

Tohickon submitted an application for final subdivision approval to the township’s planning commission on March 25, 1986. By letter dated May 2, 1986 the planning commission informed Tohickon that the commission had…