Sweenie v. A.L. Prime Energy Consultants

We revisit in this case the issue of standing to challenge a decision under the zoning laws. In 2003, the planning board of the town of Groton (planning board) issued a special permit to the defendant, A.L. Prime Energy Consultants (A.L. Prime), pursuant to § 218-30 (G) (1) of the town zoning *540bylaw (bylaw).2 The permit authorized A.L. Prime to improve and modernize a gasoline station that it operates in Groton. The plaintiffs, abutters or abutters to the abutters to the gasoline station, appealed from the decision to the Superior Court, claiming they were “aggrieved” by the planning board’s…