240-260 Pleasant Street - Site Plan Review

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

TOWN OF ASHLAND

The Ashland Planning Board will hold a Public Hearing on Thursday, June 26, 2025 at 7:15 PM in the second floor Select Board Hearing Room, Ashland Town Hall, 101 Main Street, Ashland MA, 01721. This Public Hearing can also be joined via Zoom video conference please see the Planning Board Agenda for this link. 

The Planning Board will hear the petition of the town of MetroWest Facilities LLC requesting Site Plan Review, Design Plan Review and Site Alteration Special Permit per Chapter 40A, Section 6 of the Massachusetts Zoning Act and Chapter 282, 9.6 (Design Plan Review), 9.4 (Site Plan Review) and 5.8 (Site Alteration Special Permit) of the Ashland Bylaws. The applicant is proposing to develop a recreational youth soccer field, a tot-lot playground area, additional permeable parking, modified two-way site access driveway, pedestrian walkway connection to the abutting parcel to the west, associated stormwater management facilities, utility services, landscaping and electrical conduits or direct bury electrical wiring for future lighting on the field. This soccer filed will serve as an ancillary use to the current facility (MetroWest Christian Academy & Connect Church). The total area of development will be 1.9 acres. The property in question is located at 240-260 Pleasant Street, Assessors Map 13, Lot 108 & 109 and located in the underlaying Industrial District, Groundwater Protection Overlay District and MBTA Communities Multi-Family Overlay District (MCMOD).

Parties wishing to be heard on this matter should submit comments to the Planning Board ahead of time and/or appear at the time and place indicated above. 

Materials may be viewed by appointment at Town Hall during normal business hours, or at:  

https://www.ashlandmass.com/543/Current-Cases-Before-the-Planning-and-Zo

For more information or to submit comments, please contact Jasmin Farinacci at (508) 532-7927 or at jfarinacci@ashlandmass.com.

Tricia Kendall, Chairman

Ashland Planning Board

Additional Materials - Submitted April 3, 2026

  1. Site Plans Revised 4-3-2026
  2. Response 2 to GCG Peer Review - Received 4-3-2026
  3. Stormwater Management Report Addendum III - Received 4-3-2026

Additional Materials - Submitted April 2, 2026

  1. Stormwater Management Operation and Maintenance Plan
  2. Smart Turf Artificial Grass info
  3. Non-Certified PE Fiber Turf System data sheet

Additional Materials - Submitted March 10, 2026

  1. Site Plans Revised 3-9-2026
  2. Response to GCG Peer Review - Received 3-10-2026
  3. Stormwater Management Report Addendum II - Received 3-10-2026

Continuance

  1. Continuance to Jan 8 2026 - TC filed November 12, 2025

Extension

  1. Public Hearing Extension to Jan 31, 2026 - TC filed October 30, 2025

Additional Materials - Submitted October 22, 2025

  1. Artificial Turf Information Letter

Extension

  1. Public Hearing Extension to Nov 13 - TC filed 10-3-2025

Additional Materials - Submitted July 22, 2025

  1. Paved Parking Waiver Request - Received July 22, 2025

Additional Materials - Submitted July 3, 2025

  1. 240 - 260 Pleasant Street GCG Peer Review Comments 07-02-2025 Rec 7-3-2025

Additional Materials - Submitted June 17, 2025

  1. REV PB Application Received 6-17-2025
  2. Stormwater Report Addendum I Rec 6-17-2025
  3. Revised Site Plans Rec 6-17-2025

Additional Materials - Submitted March 27, 2025

  1. 240-260 Pleasant Street - Renderings (View From Pleasant)
  2. 240-260 Pleasant Street - Plan View Rendering

Application Materials 

  1. 240-260 Pleasant Street - Planning Board Application
  2. 240-260 Pleasant Street - PB Cover Letter and Narrative
  3. 240-260 Pleasant Street - Site Plan
  4. 240-260 Pleasant Street - Stormwater Management Permit Application
  5. 240-260 Peasant Street - Stormwater Report January 2025