Charlton Planning Board recommends data center zoning ban
Planning Board recommended data center zoning restrictions and approved a reduced frontage special permit. The board voted unanimously on three zoning amendments prohibiting data centers in all districts and directing the Planning Board to study the use and report to Town Meeting by 2028.
Planning Board · Meeting of October 7, 2026
CHARLTON — Planning Board recommended data center zoning restrictions and approved a reduced frontage special permit. The board voted unanimously on three zoning amendments prohibiting data centers in all districts and directing the Planning Board to study the use and report to Town Meeting by 2028. Chair Patsy Rydlak presided as the board also accepted the Town of Charlton Housing Production Plan and continued two hearings to October 21: Amazon's last-mile delivery modification proposal at 53 Sturbridge Road and Apple Trailer Realty's 695-space vehicle storage facility at 253 Worcester Road, with town counsel KP Law to attend the October 21 meeting.
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Source: the Planning Board meeting of October 7, 2026, compiled from the official minutes.
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