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Zoning Laws Permits Standing

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SJC Confines Zoning Standing Analysis To Actual Proposed Use; Speculation As To Future Uses Is Irrelevant

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Last week, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (SJC) reversed an Appeals Court panel in a strongly-worded decision concerning abutter standing to appeal a zoning decision, Stone v. Zoning Bd. of Appeals of Northborough...more

Bowditch & Dewey

Abutter’s Diminution in Property Value Argument Found Insufficient to Confer Standing to Challenge Special Permit for Research and...

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In Pobeda RT II, LLC v. Zoning Bd. of Appeals of Watertown, 104 Mass. App. Ct. 250 (2024), the Court of Appeals confirmed the longstanding holding that “diminution in property value is an insufficient basis for standing...more

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Superior Court Decision Raises the Bar For Municipalities Seeking to Challenge Special Permits And Other Zoning Actions Taken By...

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The Massachusetts Superior Court has ruled that a municipality lacks standing to challenge a special permit issued by a neighboring town when the alleged harm is “too speculative and remote to qualify them as ‘aggrieved...more

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