Planning Board’s Bay Pointe hearing to continue May 23

May 10, 2022

The Planning Board voted once again to continue its hearing about the newest phase of development at Bay Pointe. 

Some paperwork requested by the board had not yet been submitted, so chair Mike King said it didn’t make sense to vote yet.

Much of the discussion of the project concerned the pump station: what work is being done, whether the applicant’s plan will work and who will pay for it. The Planning Board will ask Town Counsel what, if any, role the board has in adjudicating the tension between the developer and the condo association about the pump house. 

Stonestreet, a Rhode Island-based development company, bought the Bay Pointe Club in 2012. The property includes a golf course and townhouses, which are being built and opened for occupancy in several phases.

Dubbed Windward Pines, the project was tied up for years as the developer, Rhode-Island based Stonestreet Corporation, and the Planning Board clashed over issues of lot sizes and wastewater treatment.

In January 2016, the Planning Board approved the plans, but imposed several conditions. Stonestreet officials objected and filed suit in Land Court. Eventually, the differences were settled by mediation. Planning Board members approved the plans in August 2017.

More than a dozen residents have submitted letters to the Planning Board detailing their worries about Bay Pointe’s next phase of development, as they say there are still issues with their already constructed homes.