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By Andreas Yilma, Staff Writer
BEACON FALLS An appeal filed in Superior Court in March seeks court intervention to grant a developer’s application for a zone change for the proposed Hopp Brook Estates housing development project.
Attorney Stephen Bellis, a lawyer with The Pellegrino Law Firm and a principal with Hopp Brook Developers, LLC, filed the appeal. The appeal claims the Planning and Zoning Commission “acted illegally, arbitrarily and in abuse of its discretion” when it denied a zone change application for the project in February.
Hopp Brook Developers applied last year for a zone change and a special exception for a project to build 109 three-bedroom homes on a 135-acre, undeveloped parcel of land it owns off Oakwood Drive near the Bethany border. The proposed project elicited strong opposition from members of the public.
Hopp Brook Estates proposal called for 109 homes in Beacon Falls
BEACON FALLS The developer behind the proposed Hopp Brook Estates housing development plans to appeal in Superior Court the Planning and Zoning Commission’s decision to deny an application for the project.
Hopp Brook Developers, LLC, which is based in Shelton, wants to build 109 three-bedroom homes on a 135-acre, undeveloped parcel of land it owns off Oakwood Drive near the Bethany border.
Hopp Brook Developers had two applications one for a zone change and another for a special exception for the project pending before the commission.
In 2017, the then-Planning and Zoning Commission approved changing the zone of the land from Residential 1 to a Planned Residential Open Space District for the project, but the legal notice announcing the decision incorrectly stated the area for the change. The most recent application for the zone change was meant to clear up the clerical error from 2017.
By Andreas Yilma, Staff Writer
BEACON FALLS The Planning and Zoning Commission on Feb. 25 denied a zone change application, without prejudice, for the proposed Hopp Brook Estates housing development project.
Hopp Brook Developers, LLC, which is based in Shelton, sought to build 109 three-bedroom homes on a 135-acre, undeveloped parcel of land it owns off Oakwood Drive near the Bethany border.
The commission unanimously denied the application at the Feb. 25 special meeting after discussing the matter and not reaching a consensus in executive session. Commission member Harry Roscoe recused himself from the vote.
“I just feel that we couldn’t have settled this at the (Feb. 11) public hearing, but we’ve come to the end of the road,” Chairman Donald Molleur said.
By Andreas Yilma, Staff Writer
BEACON FALLS A clerical error in 2017 sparked a chaotic debate Feb. 11 over a proposed housing development in town.
Hopp Brook Developers, LLC, which is based in Shelton, wants to build 109 three-bedroom homes on a 135-acre, undeveloped parcel of land it owns off Oakwood Drive near the Bethany border. The project is dubbed Hopp Brook Estates. Forty acres of the land would be designated for open space.
Some residents have raised concerns about the proposed development, namely how the new homes and residents could strain town services, and the town’s educational costs could increase if an influx of families with children move into town.