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Planning Board grants permit for Birch Street housing

Planning Board approves 84-unit Birch Street housing despite soil contamination concerns and splits on green roof requirement.

Townbrief reporting · Oct 6

Government · Planning Board

Planning Board Votes to Back Hotel Setback Shift

Cambridge Planning Board sends mixed comments on a Harvard Square hotel's setbacks.

Townbrief reporting · Sep 22

Government · Planning Board

Planning Board approves HealthPeak's 2,300-unit Alewife project

Cambridge Planning Board unanimously approves HealthPeak's 2,300-unit Alewife Quadrangle megaproject.

Townbrief reporting · Sep 15

Government · Planning Board

Planning Board Votes 7-0 to Recommend Short-Term Rental Rewrite

Cambridge Planning Board unanimously backs rewritten short-term rental ordinance, but pushes back on a 90-day cap.

Townbrief reporting · Aug 4

Government · Planning Board

Cambridge Planning Board Continues Hearing on 85-Unit Birch Street Apartment Building

Cambridge Planning Board unanimously continues hearing on 85-unit Birch Street apartment building, seeking design revisions.

Townbrief reporting · Jul 21

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Cambridge Planning Board Unanimously Rejects Petition to Limit Multi-Family Building Heights

Cambridge Planning Board votes 5-0 against recommending a citizen zoning petition that would have reduced building heights and added parking requirements in Residence C1 districts.

Townbrief reporting · Jul 14

Government · Planning Board

Cambridge Planning Board Reviews $1.29 Billion Sewer Plan, Kendall Square Heat Pump Progress

Cambridge Planning Board hears sweeping utility presentations covering a $1.29 billion sewer overflow plan and a Kendall Square heat pump nearing construction.

Townbrief reporting · Jun 30

Government · Planning Board

Cambridge Planning Board unanimously approves special permit for Winter Street residential building

Cambridge Planning Board approves six-story, 23-unit residential building at 8 Winter Street in unanimous vote.

Townbrief reporting · Jun 16

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Cambridge Planning Board Declines to Endorse Active-Use Zoning for Mass Ave, Cambridge Street

Cambridge Planning Board votes 6-0 to withhold endorsement of active-use zoning petitions for Mass Ave and Cambridge Street.

Townbrief reporting · Jun 2

Government · Planning Board

Cambridge Planning Board approves final design report for 71-unit Mass Ave building

Cambridge Planning Board closes design review of first non-AHO advisory consultation project at 1740 Massachusetts Avenue.

Townbrief reporting · May 12