The Brentwood Planning Board voted to deny the site-plan application for 1 Smith Road after the applicant failed to appear at the continued review and had not addressed outstanding technical comments.

At the meeting, Speaker 1 confirmed the item had been continued to Dec. 4 and that the applicant had been reminded; board members said staff had received previous assurances but no updated materials nor attendance. Speaker 5 moved to deny the application on grounds of failure to appear and failure to address comments; the motion was seconded and the board discussed whether the motion should include specific dates and documentation from prior notices. The board ultimately voted to deny the application, with two members voting in favor and one recorded abstention.

Members discussed enforcement actions available to the select board, such as posting a cease-and-desist, assessing daily violation fines, or seeking collection actions through court to enforce compliance. Staff said they would add the item to the next select-board agenda for enforcement follow-up and would post the denial and next steps in the project file.

Next steps: the planning board will notify the applicant of the denial, forward documentation to the select board to consider enforcement or legal action, and place the item on the next meeting agenda if the applicant seeks to refile.