Tag: Freehold Township Planning Board
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Freehold Township planners deny use variance for solar energy facility
FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP — The members of the Freehold Township Planning Board have voted 6-2 to deny an applicant’s request for a use variance that would have permitted the construction of a solar energy facility at 56 Willow Brook Road. The application filed by Willow Brook Solar was heard during the board’s Sept. 15 meeting by…
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Freehold Township Planning Board approves concept plan for Bellemead tract
FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP — The Freehold Township Planning Board has approved a General Development Plan (GDP) for the 80-acre property at Trotters Way that lies between Route 537 and Route 9 and is known as the Bellemead tract. Representatives of M&M Main Street, LLC, appeared before the board on April 21 to present what was described…
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News Transcript News Briefs, April 27
The Freehold Township Planning Board has undergone several membership changes in recent weeks. Rich Gatto, who served as the board’s chairman for many years, and Rob Kash, who served several terms on the board, have stepped down from the panel. During the board’s April 21 meeting in the municipal building, Apryl Kurtz and Jason Levy,…
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Freehold Township planners approve application for new JB’s Diner
FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP – Five years ago, JB’s Diner, a popular community landmark at the intersection of Route 537 and Route 524 in Freehold Township, was destroyed by fire. In 2018, the owner of the diner received a use variance from the Freehold Township Planning Board to rebuild the diner in the residential zone where it…
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Freehold Township Planning Board grants preliminary approval to housing development
FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP – The Planning Board has granted preliminary approval to a residential development that will help Freehold Township meet its affordable housing obligation. During a meeting on Aug. 19, board members voted to memorialize a resolution approving the preliminary major site plan for PIRHL at Jackson Mills Road, a residential development proposed by PIRHL…
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Aldi supermarket approved; property owner to give strip mall new look
FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP – Four years after an Aldi supermarket on Route 9 was approved by the Freehold Township Planning Board, but never constructed, the supermarket chain has received approval again for a plan that is expected to bring the store to the community. The difference? In 2017, the entity that owned the Freehold Mall on…
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Freehold Township board OKs plan for Freehold Borough’s new water treatment plant
FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP – No changes have been recommended by the Freehold Township Planning Board regarding Freehold Borough’s plan to construct a new water treatment plant on Waterworks Road in Freehold Township. Representatives of Freehold Borough appeared before the board in May to discuss the town’s plan for a new water treatment plant. Kerry Higgins, who…
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Freehold Township planners approve application for Trader Joe’s
FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP – If all goes well in the planning, permit and construction phases, a Trader Joe’s supermarket could be open by the fall in a space that was previously occupied by a Walgreens pharmacy in the Pond Road shopping center, Freehold Township. The space on Route 9 north has been vacant for almost five…
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Freehold Township Planning Board denies variance for entertainment center
FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP – A developer’s plan to open a 64,000-square-foot recreation/entertainment venue at the Freehold Raceway Mall failed to pass muster with the Freehold Township Planning Board on Feb. 6. Board members voted 8-0 not to grant a variance the applicant, Round One Entertainment Inc., was seeking. Several entertainment services that were proposed by the…