Highwood Cold Storage requested less warehousing parking than was required by the Town. The parcel was located adjacent to a residential district. In addition, the size of the development required large detention ponds adjacent to a flood plain.

Bedford Design went before the Zoning Board of Adjustment and secured a variance for reduced parking. A watershed analysis was performed to show that a smaller pond could be used due to the location of the site in the watershed. Additional plantings were added along the road to buffer it from abutters’ views.

• NHDES Alteration of Terrain (formerly Site Specific) Permit
• NHDES Subsurface Disposal System
• Permit NHDOT Driveway Permit NHDES
• Dredge and Fill Permit
  

• Storm Water and Drainage Report
• Waiver Requests/Variance
• EPA SWPP Plan (Storm Water and Pollution Prevention Plan)
• Planning Board Meetings
• Conservation Commission Meetings

Storage was needed for automotive display as well as parking for customers on a lot with steep slopes.

Bedford Design engineered a 280’ long retaining wall along Route 101A and Continental Blvd to create the necessary space for both parking and storage.

• NHDOT Driveway Permit along Route 101A
• Town of Merrimack Site Plan Approval
  

• Conservation Commission meetings for a Special Exception for Automotive use in an aquifer protection district
• Waiver Requests
• Storm Water Drainage Report
• Underground Storm Water Storage
• On site septic design and sewer moratorium

The Town required more parking than was needed by the owner. Our client wanted to only develop half of the property to create room for potential future improvements.

Bedford Design was able to negotiate an area designated for future parking.  Also, Bedford Design situated the building on one side of the site to create room for a pad site.

• NHDES Site Specific (Alteration of Terrain)
• NHDOT Driveway Permit
• Town of Merrimack Site Plan
  

• ZBA Special Exception Granted for commercial recreation and entertainment
• Traffic Study
• Storm Water Drainage Report
• Waiver Requests
• 30’ Future Widening Easement Deeded to NHDOT
• Contact with the National Heritage
• Inventory for Sensitive Species
• EPA SWPP Plan (Storm Water Pollution Prevention Plan)

A drainage swale had developed into a wetland along one side of the site, creating a 75 foot buffer, and an unusable lot.

Bedford Design procured a Special Exception from the Town of Hudson to fill the wetlands, eliminating the buffer. Furthermore,  we created a mitigation area along the back portion of the site to provide improved water quality treatment.

• NHDES Wetland Permit
• NHDES Subsurface Disposal System Permit
• NHDES Water Supply Permit
• NHDOT Driveway Permit
  

• ZBA input for wetland dredge and fill
  Conservation Commission Meetings
• Planning Board Meetings
• SWPP Plan (Storm Water Pollution Prevention Plan)
• 30’ horizontal slope and drainage easement running along Route 102

The 5 acre site had extensive wetlands along the western and southern Perimeter, making it difficult to place a building and parking on site. Due to the wetland constraints, storm water detention was a concern.

Bedford Design proposed the rotation of the building and parking, which created the space needed for the improvements. We also provided a watershed analysis of Sebbin’s Brook to help to eliminate the need for a detention pond.

• NHDES Alteration of Terrain (formerly Site Specific) Permit
• Bedford Planning Board Approval
• NHDOT Driveway Permit
  

• Foundation Certification
• As-Built Survey
• Storm Water Drainage Report
• Sewer Easement to an adjacent, vacant lot for future development
• Future Widening Easement Deeded to NHDOT
• EPA SWPP Plan (Storm Water Pollution Prevention Plan)

The Town wanted to preserve the working apple orchard.

This was a three phase job including a 160 acre boundary survey of farm land, several subdivisions of land (one deeded to the Town), a lot line adjustment and a large conservation easement. A skating rink was also proposed for use by the town citizens on an adjacent parcel.

• Town of Londonderry Subdivision Approval
• Conservation Commission Approval for use of town forests
  

• A dozen waivers requested and granted
• ZBA input for non-accessory sign and retail sale of ice-cream
• Traffic Study