The 13 proposed house lots would be part of a larger subdivision of 19 lots on a total of 30 acres.
WEST SPRINGFIELD – The Planning Board has set March 16 as the date for a public hearing on a proposal to build 13 single-family homes off 1533 Piper Road.
The 7 p.m. hearing will take place in the municipal building. It is preparatory to the board deciding whether to grant the project the special permit for a subdivision needed for it to move forward.
Francis Wheeler Construction Co. has filed an application with the Planning Board for a permit to develop the house lots on about 14 acres of land. The parcel is on the south side of Piper Road and to the west of 1533 Piper Road, the home of landowner Gail D. Mulcahy.
The land is zoned residence A-1. The application on file in the Planning Board office calls for sidewalks on one side of 935-foot-long access road ending in a cul-de-sac.
The 13 proposed house lots would be part of a larger subdivision of 19 lots on a total of
30 acres. Six of those lots do not need Planning Board approval because they all have frontage on Piper Road.
A.J. Wheeler, a partner in Francis Wheeler Construction Co., has said plans call for building homes selling for $300,000 to $500,000. The company would like to break ground in the spring, according to him.