Challenges to Permits, Variances and Site Plan Reviews

Defending Hard-Earned Approvals for Site Plan Review, Special Permits and Zoning Variances

Massachusetts Zoning Appeals Attorney

At Jeffrey T. Angley, P.C., a member of Phillips & Angley, Attorneys at Law, we are intimately familiar with the long process required to obtain site plan review, special permits, or zoning variances. If a third party has challenged your approved permits, we step in to defend your rights.

Veteran trial lawyer Jeff Angley has more than 25 years of experience in real estate development and zoning litigation. He and his knowledgeable associate attorneys can perform a rigorous analysis of permit challenge and act swiftly to provide forceful protection of your interests.

The law firm of Jeffrey T. Angley, P.C. represents real estate developers, individual landowners and businesses throughout Eastern Massachusetts who are facing challenges to the approved site plan review, special permit or zoning variance they have received. Contact us today to arrange a consultation.

Defending Your Approved Special Permit or Zoning Variance

If your approved special permit or zoning variance is challenged by an appeal of a neighbor or other third party, we promptly review the decision of the Board, the materials filed in support of your permit application, any reports or opposition material considered by the Board and relevant provisions of the bylaw of the municipality. After analyzing the planning or zoning board's findings of fact and legal conclusions, we make every effort to prepare a powerful case to defend the challenge. Where there are procedural or substantive errors in the Board's decision, we have experience and success in remanding the matter to the Board to correct errors that then put us in a strong position to defend the decision after remand or to negotiate a resolution with the appealing party.

We also analyze the interests and alleged injuries of the appealing party to determine whether that party has the required legal injury or "standing" to pursue the appeal. Where a challenge to standing is available, we are well versed in the law and procedure necessary to seek an immediate dismissal of the appeal, without even addressing the merits of the case.

We are well prepared to assess and handle the appeal of your zoning permit. We regularly try cases before the Land Court and the Superior Courts and represent clients in appeals before the Massachusetts Appeals Court, as well as administrative agencies at every level.

Site Plan Review Litigation and Appeals

Site Plan Review is often required by local municipalities to assess the potential impact of a particular development or business use on the local community. Our lawyers have experience representing businesses and site developers regarding site plan review issues, the interrelationship between this local review process and the Massachusetts Zoning Act and defending appeals of site plan reviews. We represent both landowners and real estate developers throughout Eastern Massachusetts.

Contact Us

Contact us online to describe your issue or call 617-892-4391 to arrange an initial consultation about your special permit, variance or site plan review permit defense.