<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:large;color:#000000">Watching for answers from others!</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:large;color:#000000"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:large;color:#000000">I've been under the impression that unless the Planning Board regulations or decision included language with a specific timeframe for completion, that recorded subdivision remains valid.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:large;color:#000000">That said, we too have far too many similar subdivisions. I started reaching out to the original subdivider or subsequent owners to discuss their intent. In one case, the Planning Board voted to rescind the subdivision approval (for a host of reasons).</div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><font color="#a64d79" face="tahoma, sans-serif"><b><img width="96" height="95" src="https://ci3.googleusercontent.com/mail-sig/AIorK4wpRW2a9qK3yohcVl8OLpDR5WPmCKvT_Utzp-iPHtbc0ISA-0rA52TtmHmfQ4mE9c96SDKtnuE"></b></font><div><font face="tahoma, sans-serif" color="#0000ff"><b>Michelle R. Tyler</b></font><div><font face="tahoma, sans-serif" color="#0000ff"><b>Director of Planning</b></font></div><div><font face="tahoma, sans-serif" color="#0000ff"><b>Town of Randolph</b></font></div><div><font face="tahoma, sans-serif" color="#0000ff"><b>781-961-0936</b></font></div></div><div><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><i><font size="1">Please be advised that the Massachusetts Secretary of State considers e-mail to be a public record, and therefore subject to the Massachusetts Public Records Law, M.G.L. c. 66 § 10.</font></i></span><font face="tahoma, sans-serif" color="#0000ff"><b><br></b></font></div></div></div></div><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, Aug 11, 2023 at 10:04 AM Chris Rembold via MassPlanners <<a href="mailto:massplanners@masscptc.org">massplanners@masscptc.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div class="msg7325752362604491504">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Hi folks, we have an old subdivision plan recorded with the Registry in 1981, 4 lots with a loop road, never built, no lots conveyed, nothing ever done.
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