Developers presented a conceptual plan for a 20‑lot comprehensive permit for property identified as 6 Barstow Street and 127 Precinct Street during the Lakeville Zoning Board of Appeals meeting on Feb. 27. The board received the presentation for feedback only; no filing or formal decision was requested.

The plan, presented by Jamie Businet, would carve a residential subdivision out of part of an existing equestrian property while keeping the core equestrian facilities. "We're not looking at 4,000‑square‑foot houses here," Businet said, describing proposed footprints generally under 2,000 square feet with two‑car garages. The developer said the layout envisions mainly three‑bedroom homes on lots ranging from about a quarter to a third of an acre and that each new house would use on‑lot septic systems with municipal water available at the street.

The project team described the site as an active equestrian facility with roughly 40–50 horses today and said the owner might downsize the herd by about 10 animals but is not committing to a specific number. The developers said only a portion of the farm — roughly 7–8 acres in the immediate carve‑out — would be developed; the larger parcel would remain in equestrian use. "The facility itself, we're only developing a small part of it. So there's still gonna be roughly 30 acres that's left as not housing," the team told the board in response to a resident question on wildlife habitat.

Board members asked about buffering between new lots and the equestrian operations, driveway turnarounds, the potential for a future phase, and whether the new roadway would be public. The presenters said the owner — who also runs the equestrian operation — is likely to address buffering concerns and that the new subdivision roadway would not be a public street. Marshall (identified in the meeting as present), responding to questions about a turnaround between Lots 19 and 20, said a widened area was left partly for possible future expansion and current farm access.

The developers said they plan to pursue the project as a "friendly 40B" with MassHousing and asked for early feedback before filing. They also noted a separate transportation change — the planned relocation of the Route 79/Precinct Street/Myrick Street intersection — would alter the intersection geometry and likely improve site access. Projected roadway length on the plan was described as roughly 1,250–1,300 linear feet.

The board and audience exchanged informal comments; resident Pauline Robello asked whether habitat and open land would remain for wildlife and was told the majority of the property would remain undeveloped. No formal action was taken; the item was presented as a conceptual introduction and the developers said they would return later with formal filings and more detailed engineering and permitting information.

Meeting context: the board member who normally opened the meeting recused from this agenda item and turned it over to Acting Chair Jeff Youngquist for the discussion. The board did not vote on the conceptual plan and provided only advisory feedback for the applicants as they prepare to file with MassHousing.

Next steps cited by presenters: more detailed percolation testing, septic design per lot, potential adjustments tied to soils and perc results, clarification on phasing and who will build infrastructure, and timing coordination with the Myrick Street work.