Conservation Commission approves Peakham Road addition, Plimpton septic; continues four other hearings

SUDBURY -- April 6, 2026, Sudbury Conservation Commission approves two projects and continues four, signaling impatience at fifth Prides Crossing hearing. The commission, chaired by David Henkels, issued an order of conditions for a deck-to-addition swap and dog fence at 447 Peakham Road for Jadra Stahain and David Pompel, requiring native plantings between the fence and a potential vernal pool. A negative determination was issued for the Brouillets' replacement septic at 104 Plimpton Road, conditioned on Board of Health approval and supplemental restoration plantings. The bulk of the meeting was a fifth hearing on 94 Prides Crossing, where First Colony Development's team, Doug Dillon of Goddard Consulting and engineer Mark Aldag, proposed widening an unpermitted southern gravel road across an Agricultural Preservation Restriction to 20 feet for fire-apparatus access, offsetting roughly 5,450 square feet of new impact by removing 5,630 square feet of asphalt to the north. Vice-Chair Kenneth Holtz pushed back: "The baseline is it should all just be completely removed." The hearing was continued to April 27.