Northampton Open Media provides this YouTube video of the July 25 meeting of Northampton’s Planning Board. The board approved a Site Plan and Special Permit for Sovereign Builders to construct 12 units off of View Avenue. Sovereign Builders still requires the approval of Northampton’s Conservation Commission.
Kent Johnson of Aldrich Street recently prepared this analysis of the potential loss of trees in the View Avenue parcel that Sovereign Builders is proposing to develop. He submitted it to Northampton’s Conservation Commission and has graciously allowed us to share it with you here (PDF). We were particularly struck by how much cooler the […]
The Northampton Conservation Commission has released its agenda for August 29. It was expected to hear the View Avenue proposal from Sovereign Builders, but the company has requested a continuation until September 12 at 5:45pm. The company may be reacting to an independent stormwater review of the proposal recently submitted by Northampton neighbors.
Jacqueline McCreanor of North Street has marshaled the resources of Northampton neighbors to get an independent stormwater review of the Sovereign Builders proposal for View Avenue. Here is the report (PDF) prepared by MetroWest Engineering and submitted today to Northampton’s Conservation Commission. The View Avenue proposal’s Stormwater Management and Maintenance Plan, as well as the […]
The Northampton Conservation Commission will hold an online hearing on August 29 at 5:45pm to review the Sovereign Builders proposal for View Avenue. Instructions for attending will be posted to the city calendar by the end of the day on August 27.
Northampton’s Planning Board approved the Sovereign Builders proposal to build 12 units off View Avenue at its July 25 meeting. The Conservation Commission will review the proposal at a special online August 29 meeting (not on August 22 as previously stated here).
Sovereign Builders presented its View Avenue proposal for 12 housing units to Northampton’s Planning Board on June 13. Comments from the public were heard. The hearing was continued to July 25 at 7pm (City Council Chambers). No decision was made. This video was recorded by Adam Cohen.
Sovereign Builders and Berkshire Design Group will have a special permit and Site Plan Review before the Northampton Planning Board on June 13 at 7:20pm. They propose to build 12 units of residential housing around 8 View Avenue. Please attend at City Council Chambers, 212 Main Street. Learn more about the project and download related […]
On April 10, Sovereign Builders applied for a special permit to build at the end of View Avenue: “The proposed project consists of a cluster development with 12 single-family ‘efficiency’ dwellings ranging from 878 SF – 1,320 SF, two covered bicycle parking structures, and a common park space gathering area, accessed by a private two-lane, […]
It looks like the woods behind North Street may be back in play. The parcels include View Avenue, the land behind it, and two parcels on Northern Avenue. Recently recorded deeds (PDFs below) show that Sovereign Builders of Westfield acquired these parcels from Tofino Associates back in February: 26-28 Northern Avenue 56 Northern Avenue View […]