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Description: Subdivision application near Londonderry border gets approval despite neighbor opposition Byline: Andrew Sylvia Wednesday, March 12, 2025 Latest News, Civics, Business Planning BoardThe 30 Bryant Rd. property is to the southwest of South Ridge Drive and Forest Hill Way. The border between Manchester and Londonderry is just south of the end of Bryant Road. Screenshot/Google Maps ________________________________________ MANCHESTER, N.H. – Despite contention from neighbors, 19 proposed single-family homes the border of Londonderry took a large step toward becoming a reality following a decision by the Manchester Planning Board last week. In a 5-3 vote, the board approved a subdivision application for 30 Bryant Rd., a piece of land lying behind Forest Hill Way and South Ridge Drive, two suburban roads near the end of Bryant Road, a dead-end street in southern Manchester running parallel to I-93 up until the Londonderry border. The 19 proposed homes on the now subdivided piece of property would be located in a new neighborhood called Whispering Woods on a new street called Logan’s Lane, connecting to the rest of the city through a right-of-way on South Ridge Drive. Ad ends in 6 During public comment for the application at the board’s Feb. 20 meeting, over a dozen letters were submitted in opposition along with almost as many residents from South Ridge Drive and nearby streets testifying in opposition to the subdivision. A variety of reasons were given to the board from those in opposition as to why the application should not be granted such as the potential traffic impact in the area from the new homes, concerns relating to public service vehicles navigating the sudden elevation changes in the area, the impact of losing what is one of Manchester’s last undeveloped pieces of nature, the impact to the nearby Cohas Brook and impact to wetlands located on the site (with review of wetland impact also needed from the New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services), potential regional impact review that should have been provided by the Londonderry Planning Board and even the relocation of one man’s mailbox. ________________________________________ The entrance to the new Logan’s Lane would be on South Ridge Drive near the trees next to the basketball hoop and its nearest mailbox. Screenshot/Google Streetview ________________________________________ Some other reasons were repeated over several sets of testimony such as the impact to the character of the neighborhood, which received a fierce rebuke from representatives of the applicant as well as Planning Board Member Bob Gagne as classic “NIMBY” or “Not-in-my-backyard” behavior. “’I got mine and you can’t have yours’ rubs me the wrong way,” said Gagne, disagreeing with South Ridge Drive residents who got to live in homes build in the area but were upset with developers seeking to do the same thing. Concerns also arose over the lack of a secondary egress point for the new neighborhood, with all vehicles from Logan’s Lane needing to go in and out of South Ridge Drive and then Bryant Road, potentially trapping those residents if there is a car crash, fire or other impediment along that route. Representatives of the developers indicated that they had reached out to land owners on Lucas Road, a road running parallel to the southeast of Bryant Road, but those land owners declined to provide any easement of portions of their property to create a connection from Logan’s Lane to Lucas Road. The most repeated comment among residents concerned with the new development was the lack of water pressure for homes in the South Ridge Drive area. There was concern that new homes along existing city water infrastructure would decrease that water pressure even further, creating inconvenience and potentially even safety hazards if a house in the area caught on fire. Some residents believed that a home that burned down in the area in 2023 was destroyed primarily due to the lack of water available to firefighters on the scene. The properties proposed to be subdivided from 30 Bryant Rd., along with where the properties would connect with South Ridge Drive in a map provided by the developers. In a report at the March 6 meeting of the Planning Board, the Manchester Water Works stated that water pressure in the neighborhood was within accepted parameters and that residents could boost their water pressure with additional devices. The report added that any shortages in water pressure were likely due to various usages of water in neighborhood homes at the same time as well as the hill in the neighborhood. At the March 6 meeting, it was also indicated by the Manchester Fire Department that the primary reason for the destruction of that house that burned down was the distance firefighters had to travel given that the neighborhood is at the end of Bryant Road and there are not alternative routes to the neighborhood other than Bryant Road, giving the fire too much time to grow to a point where the home could not be salvaged. Planning Board Member Stephen Meno also stated that he preferred the 22-unit condominium complex for 30 Bryant Rd. proposal that went before the Manchester Zoning Board of Adjustment last year and was withdrawn by the applicants after it was not clear that a variance could be obtained. While the re-imagined proposal with the single-family homes on Logan Lane would not require a variance, Meno said that the design of the 22-unit proposal had less impact on the area’s wetlands. Brian Beaupre joined Andrew Boyle and Chair Bryce Kaw-uh in opposing the measure. Supporters included Gagne, Meno, Vice Chair Erin George-Kelly and eventually Margarete Baldwin. Initially Baldwin told the board that she could not determine how she would vote, leading to the vote being delayed until later in the March 6 meeting where she finalized her support.

Description: Concord Monitor: March 31, 2026 -The long road to development: Walls finally up at Sewalls Falls Road subdivision by Catherine McLaughlinMarch 30, 2026 What was once a farm along Sewalls Falls Road has been slated for a housing development since 2022. Recently, home construction finally began. Four years after initial estimates, construction is finally underway at a housing development near Beaver Meadow in Concord. Nestled in the crook where Abbott Road branches off of Sewalls Falls Road, the subdivision now called the Country Estates of Concord is expected to include 15 single-family homes. In the last few months, new developers started selling off ready-to-build properties on the eight-acre site, and the building company that bought six of those lots has started on the first home. Chris Payne, the company owner, is looking to build and sell six three-bedroom houses by this fall on the lots closest to the intersection. The first one now has walls, a few windows and a roof, and he hopes that three homes will be on the market within 90 days. “Obviously, it’s been a long time in the making,” Payne said, “but it’s going to be a nice neighborhood.” The delay had been a frustration for both neighbors and the developer alike. Site work began in that area years ago, and after first getting planning board sign-offs in 2022, the project stalled. The new developers took over in 2024. Now, the construction represents both progress on a languishing property and a small boost to the supply of single-family homes in Concord. Payne’s expected price-point for those houses, between 1,800 and 2,000 square feet in his plans, is just under $700,000, putting them above the median value for the city’s existing homes. A previous developer, Scott Desantis, announced plans for the subdivision in 2022 and segmented the eight-acre area into 16 lots. A perimeter of trees on the property were cut down and grass was cleared into a pile as if the site were being readied for construction, but none came. In the more than three years since, tangled brush, standing water and a mound of dirt and loam have been the primary residents of the site. The holdup has been a drag on the neighborhood, according to Jennifer Kretovic, the city councilor representing the area. “They’re finally seeing progress,” Kretovic said. From dust blowing off the dirt lot in the summer to ponding in wetter stretches to street damage after sewer work, abutting residents’ opinion of the property has soured, according to Kretovic. The stalled construction has done little to win over some of those neighbors who were already wary about the added traffic and development in the area. As construction and labor costs ballooned over the last year, it became increasingly common to hear of planned developments tapping the brakes. Those don’t seem to be the holdup for this project. Sam Katz, part of the Nashua-based development duo that took over in 2024, described a protracted back-and-forth with the city over site readiness and compliance, which he said prevented his team from building or selling before now. Katz and business partner Eric Pearson had been financially involved with the plans since their initial stages. The city has said changes to the plan and its impact on public infrastructure caused the delay. After Katz and Pearson bought the project, they looked to keep a barn that had been initially slated for relocation or demolition. They would need to redraw the lot lines again to sell the barn; the planning board signed off and the building was sold. The change prompted a rearrangement of the underground utilities planned for the site, which would have more impact on Sewalls Falls Road, according to the city’s public information officer Stefanie Breton. Credit: CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN / Monitor Generally, when private development makes changes to or damages a public resource, those behind the project have to pay for it. Country Estates paid the city around $30,000 last summer to pay for “future improvements” to Sewalls Falls Road. The land couldn’t be sold until the public improvements on the site were complete, per Breton’s statement. According to Katz, a protracted dispute about the pace of the city’s review and whether those improvements were ready delayed construction and drove up costs.