2026-11-05 - Planning Board

Summary

Built from the posted (amended) agenda; no minutes or video recorded yet. The agenda was read from a scanned document.

  • Thursday, November 5, 2026, 5:30 PM, Council Chambers, City Hall; also viewable via the city website. Abutters may give input in person or by correspondence received by noon on November 5.
  • New business: public meeting on a site plan review modification at John Quincy Adams Road (Parcel 18-17) to allow nine 35-foot fiberglass antennas in a circular array at the existing vehicle testing facility, submitted by General Dynamics. See John Quincy Adams Road Antenna Array.
  • Continued public meeting: site plan review for a 24-foot-wide access drive on Myricks Street (Map 138, Lots 32 and 33) serving two proposed warehouse buildings to be located in Lakeville. See Myricks Street Warehouse Access Drive.
  • Continued public meeting: site plan review at 477 and 485 Winthrop Street for a mixed-use building with 29 residential units, a 20-seat coffee shop and an 8,647 sq. ft. auto repair shop. See 477 and 485 Winthrop Street Mixed-Use Building.
  • Also listed: an update on completion and paving of Perry Estates, the 2027 meeting schedule, four recently approved Form A (approval-not-required) plans, and an informational list of surrounding-town planning and zoning board matters (including data center zoning proposals in Easton and Raynham).
  • Approval of the October 1, 2026 minutes.

Agenda

Approve minutes of October 1, 2026

New business

  • Public meeting: site plan review modification, John Quincy Adams Road (Parcel 18-17): nine 35-foot fiberglass antennas in a circular array at the existing vehicle testing facility, submitted by General Dynamics. John Quincy Adams Road Antenna Array

Old business

  • Continued public meeting: site plan review, Myricks Street (Map 138, Lots 32 and 33): 24-foot-wide access drive for two proposed warehouse buildings in Lakeville. Myricks Street Warehouse Access Drive
  • Continued public meeting: site plan review, 477 and 485 Winthrop Street (parcels 88-64, 88-65, 88-122, 88-123): mixed-use building with 29 residential units, a 20-seat coffee shop and an 8,647 sq. ft. auto repair shop. 477 and 485 Winthrop Street Mixed-Use Building
  • Perry Estates: update on completion and paving
  • 2027 meeting schedule

Approved Form A plans (listed on the agenda): four plans approved between October 1 and October 26, 2026 (Rocky Woods St., Taunton St., Winthrop Lane, Bennett St. extension).

Surrounding town planning and zoning board matters (informational only): Easton, Norton, Rehoboth, Dighton, Lakeville, Raynham and Middleboro items, including proposed data center prohibitions or zoning amendments in Easton and Raynham, battery energy storage zoning in Lakeville and accessory dwelling unit bylaws in Rehoboth.

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