Newbury Planning Board Continues Central Street Subdivision Hearing to June 3

NEWBURY -- May 20, 2026, Newbury Planning Board continues Central Street subdivision and receives broad housing and infrastructure update. The board voted unanimously at its May 20 remote meeting to continue the public hearing on a two-lot subdivision at 15 Central Street, applicant Michael Becker through 15 Central Street, Byfield, LLC, to June 3 at 7:15 p.m. via Zoom after a last-minute continuance request; applicant representative Tom Rogers joined the call moments after the vote was taken. Planning Director Kristen Grubbs announced a $10,000 grant from the Coastal Trails Coalition to fund title review for the Georgetown-to-Byfield segment of the Border to Boston regional trail, and said the town has signed on to a Merrimack Valley Planning Commission-led technical assistance study of MGL Chapter 40Y starter home overlay district zoning, with work expected through the fall and a possible bylaw for town meeting in 2027. Grubbs also flagged that the Conservation Commission, after a lengthy hearing the prior evening on the 34 Central Street wetland exit road, closed its public hearing without voting, with a decision expected at the commission's next meeting in two weeks.