Planning Board approves Family Suite permit for Starr Avenue property
Tewksbury Planning Board approves Family Suite Special Permit; continues major site-plan reviews. The board unanimously approved a Family Suite permit for 50 Starr Avenue, allowing an in-law dwelling unit in an existing basement without footprint expansion. A vehicle-unloading violation at 611-623
Planning Board · Meeting of March 9, 2026
Tewksbury Planning Board approves Family Suite Special Permit; continues major site-plan reviews. The board unanimously approved a Family Suite permit for 50 Starr Avenue, allowing an in-law dwelling unit in an existing basement without footprint expansion. A vehicle-unloading violation at 611-623 Main Street continues despite prior board action; operator Al Salas acknowledged repeat instances but stressed ongoing redevelopment efforts to address the problem.
Two major applications were continued to March 23: the 1325 Main Street mixed-use project (two residential buildings with 14 units total, one office building) pending peer review, and the 15 & 41 Astle Street project, where the board signaled an unresolved deadlock between preventing traffic on Astle Street versus safety risks on Main Street and cautioned further redesign efforts may prove fruitless unless the core access problem is solved.
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Source: the Planning Board meeting of March 9, 2026, compiled from the official minutes.
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