Dighton Conservation Commission Approves Three Clubhouse Drive Homes, Continues Two Hearings

Conservation · Meeting of August 20, 2026

Dighton Conservation Commission issued three wetland buffer orders and continued two complex applications at its August 20 meeting. The commission unanimously approved orders of conditions for three adjacent Hunters Hill LLC single-family home lots on Clubhouse Drive, all involving clearing and grading within the 50-foot buffer zone under Mass DEP file numbers SE017-0543, SE017-0544, and SE017-0545. A 76,013-square-foot gravel storage area proposed by Cedar Street LLC at 0 Cedar Street was continued to September 17 after commission members disclosed they had never received the applicant's site plans, despite engineer Brian Dunn of MBL Land Development saying the plans had been submitted electronically and in paper form months earlier; peer reviewer Megan of Weston and Sampson also flagged phragmites in the buffer zone requiring a management plan.

A two-lot residential subdivision at Hot Street by applicant Antonio P. Roderick was also continued to September 17 after the commission determined that cumulative lot divisions, now totaling five on the original parcel, trigger state stormwater standards for the full site, with Weston and Sampson estimating disturbance at 50,000 to 60,000 square feet for the first two lots alone. The commission also issued an order of conditions, with an impact statement required as a condition, for Patricia Grilish-Rust's 1899 Smith Street proposal to replace a manufactured home with a new single-family home and relocate the septic system outside the 50-foot buffer.

In the full story:

• Opening and Roll Call
• Elm Street, Muddy Cove Pond, Continued Hearing (SE017-0531)
• Cedar Street, LLC Gravel Storage Area, Continued Hearing (SE017-0540)
• Hot Street Subdivision, New Hearing (SE017-0542)
• 1899 Smith Street, Patricia Grilish-Rust, New Hearing (SE017-0546)
• Enforcement, 418 Hart Street (Map 20, Lot 95)
• The complete report — 3,402 words

Source: the Conservation meeting of August 20, 2026, reported from the official video recording and transcript.