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Planning board backs data center moratorium

Plymouth Planning Board unanimously backs a one-year moratorium on data center permitting after zoning dispute. From our own coverage: Board of Health reviews septic variances, Holtec timeline; Planning board takes up data center moratorium. Also in today's brief (8 items): How a Plymou…

From Plymouth News

  • Board of Health reviews septic variances, Holtec timeline. Plymouth's Board of Health considered three septic variance requests for properties with undersized Title 5 setbacks, as an engineer warned aging plastic chamber systems are failing, while members also heard new dementia-risk research and a 30-day deadline for Holtec's wastewater permit appeal.Plymouth News
  • Planning board takes up data center moratorium. Plymouth's Planning Board weighed a one-year moratorium on data center permits and a contentious citizen's petition to tighten zoning on large developments, with a developer-cost debate over special permit requirements for a graded site in Cedarville.Plymouth News

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