Planning officials in Pembroke are considering a proposed subdivision that would add 110 units of single-family housing over the course of a decade.
Once complete, the development, called Pembroke Meadows, would stretch from Broadway to Academy Road, between the Merrimack River and the existing string of houses that line the south side of Route 3. It would require connection to municipal water and sewer systems, and the construction of approximately 10,800 linear feet of new roadway.
Even if the project did receive site-plan approval as early as this summer, the project would be a long way from completion. DHB Homes, a Londonderry-based development company owned by the Meissner family, anticipates a minimum 10-year build-out, with no more than 22 homes built in a single multi-year phase, according to planning board minutes.
The first phase of the project would be a loop of houses built off of Broadway.
The project has come before the planning board four times since October. It was scheduled to be heard again earlier this week, but the developer has asked for a three-month deferral as they talk to two abutters about potentially selling their property.
“The hope would be now to come in with a plan in July that would be suitable for the Planning Board to approve,” said Manchester attorney John Cronin, the lawyer representing DHB Homes.
At issue is where the developer would build a road to create access to the subdivision from Route 3. DHB had originally proposed that Ashwood Lane be built north of the stoplight at the intersection of Route 3 and Academy Road, but planning board members later said they would prefer the road be aligned with the light.
Planning board Chairman Alan Topliff agreed that access to Route 3 was the primary issue, but said that even if it were resolved by July, final approval for the project at that time would be “highly unlikely.”
Planning board members have intentionally deferred other discussions until the access issue comes to a close, Topliff said.
“We’ve only really scratched the surface of the project,” he said.
(Lola Duffort can be reached at 369-3321 or lduffort@cmonitor.com.)