Planning Board

Planning Board unanimously approves SHELD facility permits. Chair Diane Mulvaney, Vice-Chair Bob Szklarz, Clerk Brad Hutchison, and Member Rob Watchilla each voted in favor of both a Stormwater Management Permit and Site Plan Approval for South Hadley Electric Light Department's new

Planning Board unanimously appoints John Mullin associate member. The retired UMass-Amherst landscape architecture professor with decades of economic development and zoning reform experience prevailed over former Associate Member Dan Dodge in interviews. Chair Diane Supczak-Mulvaney, Vice-Chair Bob

Planning Board reelects Mulvaney, backs zoning amendments for May Town Meeting. Chair Diane Mulvaney was reelected to her post by a 3-1 vote with herself abstaining, alongside reelection of Vice-Chair Bob Szklarz by the same tally. The Board unanimously approved an illuminated wall sign for Snapl

Planning Board continues SHELD facility hearing to allow traffic and stormwater review. The South Hadley Electric Light Department presented its proposal for a 49,762-square-foot administrative and operations center at 65 Old Lyman Road, selecting a single-story design to reduce construction cost

Planning Board endorses two Approval Not Required land transfers and holds extended session on farm-zoning reform. Mount Holyoke College's transfer of 1,673 square feet at Morgan Street and South Hadley Electric Light Department's Pine Street substation reconfiguration both passed unanimously.