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Issue · Plymouth, MA

40B affordable housing projects density and environment

High-density 40B projects approach the town's 10% affordable threshold and raise traffic, septic and neighborhood-character concerns.

Overview

ZBA reviewed and approved Sandry Drive and Ocean View North 40B applications with split votes and conditions; Pulte Homes projects drew testimony on arsenic, traffic studies, and sewer waivers. Board balanced state mandates against local impacts.

Arguments in favor
Provides needed workforce and affordable housing units.
zoning-board-of-appeals 2026-04-13
For
Arguments against
High density near wetlands and Superfund site risks groundwater and neighborhood character.
zoning-board-of-appeals 2026-03-16
Against
40BSandry DriveOcean View North