Littleton Planning Board Approves Town Green Permits, Sets LNG Hearing for July 9

LITTLETON -- May 14, 2026, Littleton Planning Board advances King Street Common on three unanimous votes and schedules LNG facility hearing. The board voted 5-0 on each of three separate King Street Common actions at its May 14 meeting: approving a stormwater permit and site plan for the project's planned Town Green civic space with conditions requiring the historic Tuttle House to remain on site and a bond for minimum site restoration; endorsing amended definitive subdivision mylars and a covenant, pending final Town Counsel sign-off on language allowing parcel transfers to entities controlled by developer Salvatore Lupoli; and approving a revised site plan and stormwater permit for JLB Residences that bumps the unit count from 318 to 319 and increases three-bedroom units, a figure key to state Subsidized Housing Inventory eligibility. The board also conducted an informal discussion with National Grid representatives, who are seeking to relocate a portable seasonal LNG vaporization facility from 550 King Street to the Kimball Farm property at 2 Cataldo Pond Way, a move serving roughly 13,000 customers across 19 communities; a formal public hearing was scheduled for July 9, 2026, with board members requesting evacuation-radius overlays, quantified sound levels, and restrictions on future residential development near the site.