Planning Board Approves Three Site Plans, Grants Extensions

Planning Board · Meeting of October 7, 2026

Worcester's Planning Board extended approvals for the 103-unit Lakeside Apartments affordable housing redevelopment and cleared several other site plans. The board voted 5-0 to grant E3 Development's Eliza Data a two-year extension on the Worcester Housing Authority's Lakeside Phase 3 project, which secured state tax-credit financing and could break ground in fall 2027. A smaller 18-unit project at 10 Diamond Street got a two-year site plan extension but only one year on its special permit.

The board also approved, 3-0, a single-family home at 23 Iowa Street over the applicant's objection to a sidewalk-extension condition, and a duplex at 71A-71B Orient Street where staff flagged that rain barrels "won't be effective" if homeowners don't empty them. Separately, the board set a $10,600 peer-review fee and selected Horsley & Witten Group to evaluate a proposed development at 1-3 Suburban Road, and recommended the City Council accept Marmion Avenue as a public way.

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Source: the Planning Board meeting of October 7, 2026, reported from the official video recording and transcript.

Checked against the record: before publication this article was automatically compared with the meeting transcript. It was corrected where it differed.