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Planning Board Votes to Ask DEP to Probe Solar Fire

Shutesbury's Planning Board voted to ask the Select Board to request a state probe into an unreported April inverter fire at the Wheelock solar site.

Townbrief reporting · Oct 5

Government · Planning Board

Planning Board Withdraws Clean Energy Moratorium

Shutesbury Planning Board drops clean energy moratorium after AG pushback.

Townbrief reporting · Sep 24

Government · Planning Board

Planning Board OKs clean-energy moratorium

Shutesbury Planning Board backs a solar moratorium and a $20,000 permit fee after a battery fire scare.

Townbrief reporting · Sep 14

Government · Planning Board

Board releases 16 sets of solar bylaw minutes

The Shutesbury Planning Board voted unanimously to release 16 sets of executive session minutes tied to litigation over the town's solar bylaw.

Townbrief reporting · Aug 18

Government

Shutesbury Planning Board re-elects chair, creates vice chair position in fiscal-year reorganization

Shutesbury Planning Board reorganizes, endorses a Wendell Road lot split, and recommends two new associate members.

Townbrief reporting · Jul 13

Government · Planning Board

Shutesbury Planning Board Approves Jewish Cemetery as Religious Use, Continues Land Division Case

Shutesbury Planning Board finds no zoning role over Jewish Community of Amherst cemetery expansion, unanimously invoking Dover Amendment.

Townbrief reporting · Jun 1

Government · Planning Board

Shutesbury Planning Board Reviews New Clean Energy Permitting Law Ahead of October Deadline

Shutesbury Planning Board warns of gaps in new state clean energy permitting law ahead of October 1 local deadline.

Townbrief reporting · May 11

Government · Planning Board

Shutesbury Planning Board Tables Data Center Bylaw, Keeps Prohibition in Place

Shutesbury Planning Board unanimously tables data center bylaw, reaffirming town-wide prohibition.

Townbrief reporting · Apr 13

Government · Planning Board

Shutesbury Planning Board closes data center hearing, targets April vote on bylaw

Shutesbury Planning Board unanimously closes public hearing on a proposed data center zoning bylaw, with a final vote expected at the April 13 meeting.

Townbrief reporting · Mar 9

Government · Planning Board

Shutesbury Planning Board approves data center bylaw draft, sets March public hearing

Shutesbury Planning Board unanimously advances data center bylaw draft and schedules March 9 public hearing.

Townbrief reporting · Feb 9