NH court hears dispute over Lebanon golf course, housing development
Modified: 5/27/2021 10:16:04 PM
CONCORD Justices on the New Hampshire Supreme Court on Thursday pressed an attorney for the Carter Community Building Association on why they should overturn a Superior Court ruling that could allow the Carter Country Club to be developed into housing.
At issue is a decades-old deed for the Lebanon land, now owned by New London developer Doug Homan, but which the CCBA says protects the golf course from development.
The case, an appeal of a 2020 Grafton Superior Court decision, largely hinges on what type of protections the late Meriden developer Edmond “Peanie” Goodwin inserted into Carter Country Club’s deed when he sold the 47-acre golf course in 1986.
Lebanon golf course appeal headed to NH Supreme Court
Modified: 5/19/2021 11:48:18 PM
LEBANON The New Hampshire Supreme Court will hear arguments next week in a case that could determine the future of Carter Country Club, the historic nine-hole golf course off Mechanic Street in Lebanon.
Justices are being asked to decide whether New London developer Doug Homan owns the property outright and is therefore free to make changes or do away with the course, as a Superior Court judge ruled last year or whether protections planned more than three decades ago are still enforceable.
The nonprofit Carter Community Building Association argues it holds the rights to a 1986 retainer that could be used to prevent the golf course from being redeveloped for housing