Planning Board approves two Elm Street area lot splits

Planning Board · Meeting of August 4, 2026

NORTON — The Norton Planning Board approved two lot-division plans and moved toward a two-year data center moratorium. Members voted 6-0 to approve an ANR plan splitting a 28 Elm Street parcel, relying on a Zoning Board of Appeals variance for a 46,000-square-foot lot, and separately approved a non-buildable lot transfer at Taylor Court. The board continued a Dean Street site plan review to September 15 and heard an early pitch from Owen, owner of Acceleration Engineering, who said his Navy-contracted submarine-testing equipment maker would be "the first company making one in about 40 years" if it lands a site on the old Reed & Barton property.

Separately, members floated raising industrial zone building heights from 50 feet toward 75 feet and lot coverage from 33 percent toward 50 percent, and agreed to copy Lowell's attorney-general-approved two-year data center moratorium ahead of the August 21 Town Meeting warrant deadline.

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Source: the Planning Board meeting of August 4, 2026, reported from the official video recording and transcript.