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Recent MESA decisions, permits, and applications

Lists of recent filings and determinations made pursuant to MESA.

Recent MESA Project Review Applications

NHESP Tracking NumberTownLocationFiling DateNHESP Response Date
24-19149AlfordNorth Egremont Road12/2/20251/1/2026
25-20048AyerOrion Park Drive12/23/20251/22/2026
25-20007Barnstable1017 West Main St12/29/20251/28/2026
25-20033Barnstable739 Route 14912/15/20251/14/2026
RC-97409Barnstable1650 Iyannough Road12/19/20251/18/2026
25-19937BourneBuilding 754, S. Outer Rd, Otis Air Force Base12/9/20251/8/2026
25-20050Chatham14 Main Street12/26/20251/25/2026
24-19020ChathamNorth (Nauset) Beach12/29/20251/28/2026
25-20015Chilmark94 Menemsha Inn Road12/8/20251/7/2026
24-18717DennisSesuit Harbor & Cold Storage Beach12/3/20251/2/2026
25-20056Dennis200 Scargo Hill Road12/23/20251/22/2026
25-20044Douglas48 Shady Lane12/18/20251/17/2026
25-19990EdgartownPocha Road Ext12/2/20251/1/2026
25-19406Fairhaven4 Earle Street12/17/20251/16/2026
25-19937FalmouthBuilding 754, S. Outer Rd, Otis Air Force Base12/9/20251/8/2026
25-20029Gloucester49 2 Penny Lane12/16/20251/15/2026
25-20008GosnoldBayberry Hill Road & Tower Road, Cuttyhunk Island12/2/20251/1/2026
23-10958Great BarringtonRising Pond and Housatonic Flats Conservation Areas, Route 183 and Route 712/2/20251/1/2026
25-19688Groton70 Dale Lane12/16/20251/15/2026
25-20053Harwich23 Snow Inn Road12/26/20251/25/2026
25-20049Hingham9 Porters Cove Road12/22/20251/21/2026
23-10950LeeRoute 10212/2/20251/1/2026
24-19151LenoxKennedy Park and Pleasant Valley, West Dugway Road12/4/20251/3/2026
25-20018Marion166 Allen's Point Road12/8/20251/7/2026
25-20037Marshfield121 Grandview Avenue12/15/20251/14/2026
25-20025Mashpee40 Popponesset Island Rd12/12/20251/11/2026
23-10846Nantucket171R Hummock Pond Road12/2/20251/1/2026
24-18722Northbridge234 Tessier Lane and Fowler Road12/10/20251/3/2026
23-10861Orange80 Orange Street12/22/20251/21/2026
25-20052OrleansHinkle Lane12/22/20251/21/2026
25-19283PlymouthPlymouth Long Beach, Ryder Way12/18/20251/17/2026
25-20043Plymouth331 Billington Street12/19/20251/18/2026
24-18848Provincetown176 Race Point Road12/22/20251/21/2026
25-19208Rochester386 Snipatuit Road12/6/20251/5/2026
25-19991Sandwich175A North Shore Blvd.12/8/20251/7/2026
25-19937SandwichBuilding 754, S. Outer Rd, Otis Air Force Base12/9/20251/8/2026
24-19153SheffieldBarnum Street12/2/20251/1/2026
25-20036SheffieldBartholomew's Cobble, Cooper Hill Road12/11/20251/10/2026
24-18666SheffieldKelsey Road over Schenob Brook12/19/20251/2/2026
25-19862Southampton38 College Highway12/18/20251/17/2026
25-19961Statewide2026 National Grid Vegetation Maintenance YOP Review11/10/20251/9/2026
25-20051StatewideEversource 2026 Vegetation Management Plan (VMP)12/29/20252/27/2026
25-20038TauntonMap 88, Lot 52 Range Avenue12/17/20251/16/2026
25-20009Wareoff Hardwick Pond Road and Old State Coach Road12/2/20251/1/2026
25-20003Wellfleet170 Pleasant Point Road12/1/202512/31/2025
25-20006Wellfleet135 Indian Neck Road12/3/20251/2/2026
25-20042West Newbury160 Ash St12/22/20251/21/2026
25-19865West TisburyIndian Hill and Obed Daggett Road12/3/20251/2/2026
25-20054West Tisbury685, 695, 700 Edgartown Road12/26/20251/25/2026
23-10846WilliamstownWoodlawn Drive and Grandview Drive12/2/20251/1/2026
25-19462Yarmouth79 White Rock Road11/5/202512/5/2025

Additional Resources

Pending Conservation & Management Permit Applications

NHESP File NumberTownLocationFiling DateNHESP Due Date
25-19847Bourne53 MacArthur Boulevard10/24/2025Suspended*
23-8510Rehoboth105 Pleasant Street11/24/2025Suspended*

*Please Note: Due dates for Conservation & Management Plans often are suspended by mutual agreement with the proponent in order to work out final details prior to a Permit being issued.

**If a Conservation and Management Plan has been submitted and the Project or Activity is undergoing a MEPA review, the due date will be 30 days after the issuance of a final MEPA certificate (per 321 CMR 10.23(4)).

Additional Resources

MESA Project Review Decisions

NHESP File NumberTownLocationDate IssuedDetermination
25-19994Amherst908 South East Street12/15/2025Conditioned to Avoid a Take
25-19943Barnstable1031 West Main St12/23/2025Conditioned to Avoid a Take
25-20017Boxford50 Four Mile Village12/24/2025Conditioned to Avoid a Take
25-19382Dartmouth600 Potomska Road12/30/2025Conditioned to Avoid a Take
25-19969Dennis94 Horsefoot Path12/1/2025Conditioned to Avoid a Take
25-19844Devens0 Cook Street12/18/2025Conditioned to Avoid a Take
25-20014Eastham40 Ocean View Drive12/22/2025No Take
25-19204EasthamptonNorth Street (Route 5)12/1/2025Conditioned to Avoid a Take
23-10899Falmouth131 Waquoit Hwy12/11/2025Conditioned to Avoid a Take
25-19971Falmouth24 Willis Lane12/9/2025Conditioned to Avoid a Take
25-20002Falmouth366 Menauhant Road and 470 Acapesket Road12/12/2025No Take
25-19772GrotonOld Dunstable Road12/11/2025Conditioned to Avoid a Take
24-18770HadleyNorth Maple Street12/11/2025No Take
25-19975HaverhillBrandy Brow Road over East Meadow River12/11/2025Conditioned to Avoid a Take
25-19996HolyokeJones Point12/22/2025No Take
25-19992Monterey36 Elephant Rock Road12/22/2025No Take
24-17324New AshfordRockwell Road, Mount Greylock State Reservation12/9/2025Conditioned to Avoid a Take
25-19951New Marlborough0 Route 5712/2/2025No Take
25-20020Newbury45 Boston Rd; 0 Hay St12/26/2025No Take
25-20011Newbury77 Hay St12/26/2025No Take
25-19204NorthamptonMt. Tom Rd, SHLO#2554, SHLO#5756, SHLO#5295, SHLO#5160, 1901 CHLO Island Rd, Oxbow Rd, Atwood Dr.12/1/2025Conditioned to Avoid a Take
25-19963Norton378 Old Colony Road12/2/2025No Take
25-20010Richmond20 Swamp Road12/26/2025Conditioned to Avoid a Take
23-8764Sandwich51R Freeman Avenue12/26/2025Conditioned to Avoid a Take
25-19692Sheffield93 Kelsey Road12/23/2025Conditioned to Avoid a Take
25-19988Tisbury92 Hvoslef Way12/9/2025No Take
24-18402Webster72 Upper Gore Road11/28/2025No Take
25-19979Wellfleet1095 Long Pond Rd12/11/2025No Take
25-20001Wellfleet270 Gull Pond Rd12/4/2025No Take
25-19898WestminsterOakmont Avenue over Whitman River12/11/2025Conditioned to Avoid a Take

Conservation & Management Permit Decisions

Project NameTown(s)Date of DecisionDetermination
Former South Weymouth Naval Air Station RedevelopmentWeymouth, Rockland, Abington12/29/2025Permit Issued
2 Single Family Homes at 123 and 125 West StreetPlympton12/29/2025Permit Issued
150 Tihonet Solar ArrayWareham12/29/2025Permit Amended
Mill River Bank StabilizationNorthampton12/17/2025Permit Issued
New England Power A1/B2 Transmission LineWarwick, Winchendon, Athol, Royalston, Leominster12/17/2025Permit Issued
256 Beach Street; 475, 516, 521, 584 Taunton StreetWrentham12/3/2025Permit Issued
National Grid Line 114 Acushnet to Fall River Reliability ProjectFall River, Dartmouth, New Bedford, Acushnet10/29/2025Permit Issued

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