Phone: 603-424-2131
e-mail: litchfieldpb@litchfieldtownhall01.mv.com
Responsible for the overseeing and planning for the development of the town. The members are appointed by the selectmen for two-year terms.
Planning Board meets the 1st Tuesday of the month at 7:30 PM at Town Hall. They post special meetings and site walks as they come up.The documents are in PDF format. To view them you will need Adobe reader.
Note: the documents are large and may take several minutes to download them
Litchfield's Capital Improvement Plan (adopted 4/7/2005):
View and print the LPB Plan Review Application by clicking here.
View and print the zoning violation complaint form note that zoning violation complaints need to be made in writing to the code enforcement officer.
2007 Updates for Land Use Laws:
You may also view the official hard copy of this document, at the Town offices. If there are any discrepancies the hard copy at the Town Hall prevails
Appendix A Road Design and Plan Requirements
Appendix B Construction Requirements
Appendix C Inspection and Acceptance of Streets
Appendix D Storm Water Management and Erosion Control
Appendix E Standard Title Block
Appendix F Planning Board Fee Schedule for Subdivisions, Site Plans, Sign Permits and Plan Recording
Appendix G Subdivision Plan Review Checklist
Appendix H Growth Management Forms and Policy Description
Appendix I Conditional Use Permit Application Form
The Planning Board encourages you to view the following:
Master Plan This was accepted at a Public Hearing on Dec 3, 2002.
You can look at many other Topics and Planning documents for Litchfield at the NRPC Website.
2004 PLANNING BOARD ANNUAL REPORT
The Litchfield Planning Board is made up of volunteers appointed by the Board of Selectmen to serve the town by guiding and making recommendations related to the development of the municipality. This year we had not only a full board of7 members appointed, but one alternate appointed as well. Litchfield can be thankful that there are enough people who are not only interested in the development of our town, but also willing to give the countless number of hours required to do this vital Board's work. You will notice at the end of our report that there are still open positions for alternates on the Planning Board. Any of us would be most happy to talk with anyone in Town that has an interest in volunteering for the Town in this capacity. While it is not difficult work, it does require a willingness to put in the time it takes to learn the position.
In 2000 the voters in Litchfield adopted a Growth Ordinance. This has significantly slowed the rate of single family housing. While the language of the ordinance calls for it to expire in 2005, your Planning Board has introduced legislation which will come before Town Meeting to extend the life of our current Growth Ordinance for one more year. We strongly believe that a thorough study of the implications of this ordinance are in order as we explore the various areas where this ordinance plays itself out throughout Litchfield. We entered into a contract with the Nashua Regional Planning Commission to do an update of the Town's Build-out Analysis this year and expect delivery of that report soon. It will provide important data for the Town to use as we explore the Growth Ordinance in 2005.
Projects which have come before the Planning Board this year provide for the development of255 acres within the Town and will translate into 45 additional single family homes and 101 units of Housing for Older Persons. Not all of these dwellings will be built immediately as some of the plans have yet to be recorded while they await final State permits. The number of Housing for Older Person units brought before the Planning Board has decreased this year. We suspect that is in part due to the refinements to the Ordinance which the Town Meeting adopted last year, increasing the lot size and building size which allows for fewer but larger units in a development.
The Capital Improvements Plan (CIP) is nearly completed and will be available for the Selectmen's use and any other interested parties in the Town. We have attempted to gather information from all agencies within the Town that anticipate Capital Improvements and then to strategically place them in such a way throughout the next five years that the tax impact of these improvements don't all come in one year. After the CIP is completely finished and adopted it will give the Town a much better foundation on which to base the Impact Fees which are assessed on new dwellings within Litchfield.
In 2004 we said good-bye to Co-Chair, Peggy Drew and Frank Byron, Selectmen's representative, who had both given long and valuable years of service to the Planning Board and we welcomed Ray Peeples as the Selectmen's Representative, Alison Douglas as a member and Leon Barry as the new alternate on our Board. We have appreciated their contributions and new insights. Thank YOU Frank, Peggy, Ray, Alison and Leon! We said good-bye to Richelle Denny, our most able recording secretary, and welcomed Ruth Levigne who has stepped into the position and done a marvelous job for us and the Town. Thank you Richelle and Ruth! We are also deeply indebted to the Board of Selectmen for their wonderful patience, encouragement, and guidance; to Joan McKibben for her ability to sort through the myriad of paperwork, keeping it straight and always bringing us the right documents; and to Steve Wagner, of the Nashua Regional Planning Commission for making sure that we make our decisions within the bounds of State Law and the Ordinance and Regulations of our Town.
Our work would not be possible without the support and assistance of the Town Police and Fire Departments, the Town Clerk's Office, the Building Department, the Road Agent, L.C Engineering, our Town Attorneys, and all the residents of Litchfield that take the time to attend our meetings. Thank you to each and every one of you!
Respectfully submitted by,
| John Blackadar | Co-Chair | 2006 |
| Gregg Jeffrey | Co-Chair | 2007 |
| Mary Ann Geist | Clerk | 2005 |
| Raymond Peeples | Selectmen's Rep | |
| Steven Perry | Member | 2005 |
| Charles Valenti | Member | 2007 |
| Alison Douglas | Member | 2006 |
| Leon Barry | Alternate | 2005 |
| Open Position | Alternate | 2006 |
| Open Position | Alternate | 2007 |
NRPC Reports