Acting swiftly in a closed-door, deliberative session following a public hearing on Tuesday evening, May 27, the Woodstock Town Development Review Board (TDRB) voted to grant site plan approval and a conditional use permit to Peace Field Farm to operate a “farm-to-fork” restaurant at 650 Pomfret Road.
Peace Field Farm owner/developer John Holland was notified of the decision in an email from Woodstock land use coordinator Molly Maxham on Wednesday afternoon, May 28, one day after the latest TDRB hearing on the matter – the third time that essentially the same or similar site plan and permit applications were reviewed by the quasi-judicial town regulatory body, dating back to November 2021. Maxham confirmed the decision to the Standard in an email last Friday.
The TDRB has 45 days from the May 27 hearing to issue its formal ruling. Once the TDRB’s formal “Notice of Decision” is posted, opponents of the permit will have 30 days to again appeal the case to the Environmental Court.
