Ludlow ZBA Unanimously Approves Kirkland Street Single-Family Home Permit

Zoning Board of Appeals · Meeting of March 11, 2026

Ludlow's Zoning Board of Appeals unanimously approved a special permit for a new single-family home on a long-vacant nonconforming lot at 0 Kirkland Street. Anthony Wheeler, of Southwick, told the board he plans to build a four-bedroom, two-and-a-half-bath home of just under 2,000 square feet on the grandfathered parcel, which first received a special permit in July 2022 before that approval expired without construction. The board conditioned approval on Wheeler building to his submitted plans on all setbacks and total square footage, and reminded him all paperwork must match when he pulls building permits.

The board also reorganized after the departure of a longtime member identified as Manny, voting unanimously to seat a new chair and to name Mike Parker as vice chair, while flagging that three board seats remain vacant, a shortfall members said creates legal risk: on a five-seat board, a tie vote hands an applicant a default win.

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Source: the Zoning Board of Appeals meeting of March 11, 2026, reported from the official video recording and transcript.