Plaistow Planning Board members on April 16 discussed a notification they had received indicating the state Department of Environmental Services (DES) had asked the conservation commission for input on a proposed wetlands-related action tied to a previously approved conditional-use permit.

Board members said the conditional-use permit in question dated back to approvals in mid-2022 and had authorized the applicant to bridge or alter a driveway over a stream on the rear of the property. The DES request to the conservation commission was copied to the planning board, which members said they had not previously seen in routine CC mailings.

Members asked whether the DES review and any subsequent conservation-commission input would return to the planning board for further action or if the DES process was independent. The board agreed to ask counsel and to request a short memo clarifying whether the planning board will see any follow-up filings tied to the original conditional-use permit.

Ending: The planning board directed staff to ask town counsel for procedural clarification and to report back about whether the DES review or conservation-commission comments will trigger further planning-board review.