The Orange Plan and Zoning Commission has scheduled public hearings as it is faced with the question whether or not to allow detached accessory buildings on single family lots.  The hearings will be h ...

Two neighbors of Amity High School filed an appeal in New Haven Superior Court regarding the Town Plan and Zoning Commission decision to allow excavating and moving of earth materials for construction ...

Orange native Tom Torrenti has been appointed to the Town Plan and Zoning Commission to fill the seat vacated by Commissioner Ralph Aschettino. Torrenti, a licensed professional engineer, is owner of ...

Nearly a decade after the Landino family purchased a 10-acre parcel on Derby Avenue and Racebrook Road with hopes of building a commercial winery, the Town Plan & Zoning Commission amended its reg ...

The state may have pulled the plug on its plan to build a train station in Orange, but it is sweetening the blow with a $6.1 million grant to the town to acquire the 8.091 acres it would have been bui ...

A local developer gave the town a gift of more than 20 acres that borders Dogburn Lane, Dogwood Road and New Haven Avenue to be used as open space.  The land is excess acreage originally purchased by ...

While Town Plan and Zoning Commission Chairman Ozzie Parente didn’t agree with all the reasons why residents were opposed to a proposed Cottage Project Development Area (CPDA) in their backyards, he d ...

Robert Treat Extension resident Richard Meisenheimer intends to develop the more than 14 acres that his family owns in the Turkey Hill Road area, but it’s up to the Town’s Plan and Zoning Commission t ...

Cedarwood Drive residents Pat and Paula Minore have been blinded by the light—and not in a good way.  After nearly two years enduring high intensity floodlights from Turkey Hill School shining into th ...

It’s been home to a host of former businesses ranging from retail establishments to professional offices, two Town Plan and Zoning Commissioners felt a center offering children’s speech and occupation ...

A Derby Milford Road resident facing a cease and desist order appealed to the Town Plan & Zoning Commission to allow two large sheds to stay on her property even though she never received the appr ...

Oscar (Ozzie) Parente has been elected Chairman of the Town Planning and Zoning Commission.  Parente, who has been a member of the commission since 2006 and served as the board’s secretary, will run f ...

Developers who were refused approval to build a mixed use development that included affordable housing units will appeal the Town’s Plan and Zoning Commission’s decision in court.  The application, su ...

An attorney hired by a property owner seeking to amend zoning regulations to lower the age in their senior housing complex from 62 to 55 did little to convince the Town Plan and Zoning Commission to c ...

  A plan to build a mixed use development with affordable housing units in the proposed Transit Oriented Development District (TODD) was shot down by the Town Plan and Zoning Commission (TPZC) be ...

Proposal Goes to Appeals Board for Variance Approval   Town Plan and Zoning Commissioners say they would welcome an extended stay hotel at the site of the proposed train station, but a zoning gli ...