Greenwich P&Z approves four projects, defers two contested ones
Planning and Zoning · Meeting of April 28, 2026
Greenwich P&Z approves four projects, holds off on two contested ones. The commission unanimously approved a new home at 9 Brook Drive, a lot consolidation at 151 Old Church Road, added parking at the Hill House senior residence on Riverside Avenue, and a zoning text amendment for below-market-rate housing units. But a proposed home at 14 Egleston Lane in Old Greenwich's Shorelands, contested by neighbors over flood risk and tied to pending Superior Court litigation over the lot's status, was pushed to May 12.
Attorney Lisa Fineberg pegged the house at 2,862 square feet; opposing counsel Brendan Liberati cited roughly 3,497 square feet. Commissioner Wells warned "the water rises" when structures displace flood volume. TPF Homebuilders' 18-home Davis Avenue and Home Place development also stayed open after residents raised blasting and traffic concerns, with one saying, "this road has no egress."
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Source: the Planning and Zoning meeting of April 28, 2026, reported from the official video recording and transcript.
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GREENWICH — April 28, 2026 — The Greenwich Planning and Zoning Commission approved four development applications at Tuesday's meeting, including a reconfigured parking plan at the Hill House senior residence on Riverside Avenue and a new single-family home on Brook Drive, while putting off decisions on two more contested proposals amid pointed opposition from neighbors and their attorneys.
The commission voted unanimously on each of its four decided items: a final coastal site plan for a new home at 9 Brook Drive, a lot consolidation at 151 Old Church Road, the Hill House parking reconfiguration at 10 Riverside Avenue, and a zoning text amendment clarifying rules for below-market-rate housing units in business zones. It also approved the minutes of its March 31 meeting. The commission held open, without a vote, a contested proposal for a new home at 14 Egleston Lane in Old Greenwich's Shorelands neighborhood and a broader development from TPF Homebuilders on Davis Avenue and Home Place.
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At 9 Brook Drive, the applicant's design team agreed to shift the proposed house 60 to 72 inches south to reduce excavation into a rock outcrop on the 31,000-square-foot lot, one of several conditions attached to the commission's unanimous approval of the final coastal site plan, filed as PLZ 202678.
The most contentious matter of the night was 14 Egleston Lane, where attorney Lisa Fineberg, representing applicant Eglesen Holdings LLC, sought approval to build a conforming single-family home on a legally nonconforming, roughly 0.2-acre lot in the flood hazard overlay zone. Fineberg put the proposed home at 2,862 square feet; opposing attorney Brendan Liberati of Berchem Moses in Westport, representing neighbors Neil Trevetti and Dr. Marissa Sue at 12 Egleston Lane, and resident Mr. Cunningham both cited a larger figure of approximately 3,497 square feet. Liberati told the commission the neighbors are also challenging in Superior Court whether 14 Egleston Lane merged with the adjacent lot in 2019, with oral argument scheduled for May 5. The Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection asked the commission to weigh whether allowing a five-bedroom home in the flood zone was a significant or merely marginal increase in risk. Engineer Steven Trinkus, testifying for the neighbors, argued the proposed storm water system would provide no water-quality treatment. Fineberg countered that DPW, conservation staff and a third-party engineer had all endorsed the drainage design. Commissioner Wells raised his own concern about floodwater displacement from the new structure.
"If you put an ice cube in a glass of water, the water rises." — Commissioner Wells
Commissioner Yesi said he wanted more time before voting. With no public hearing yet closed, the commission kept the application open and, with Fineberg's agreement, extended its decision deadline to the panel's next meeting, May 12.
"I believe the application falls squarely in that latter category." — Lisa Fineberg, attorney for the applicant
TPF Homebuilders' Davis Avenue and Home Place project also drew sustained public criticism. A longtime area resident who spoke during public comment said the development, which she said would add up to 18 homes, would overwhelm a narrow, one-lane road already strained by construction traffic and blasting on nearby sites.
"This road has no egress. It will choke off our road." — Home Place-area resident, public comment
Commissioners asked TPF's team, led by land-use representative Tony DeAndrea and a colleague identified only as Ang, to prepare a detailed construction-phasing and blasting plan for the neighbors before the project returns. A separate dispute over a historic stone stairway and wall in the town right of way, which the Department of Public Works has said must come out, remained unresolved.
At 10 Riverside Avenue, DeAndrea won unanimous approval to add six diagonal parking spaces for Hill House residents, over a recommendation from the town's traffic consultant, Beta, that the spaces be laid out at 90 degrees. Hill House board president Mrs. Fox told the commission residents had already begun parking diagonally on their own and found it easier to navigate.
Why It Matters
The Egleston Lane case will test how the commission balances flood-hazard rules against private-property rights on Old Greenwich's low-lying, already-developed Shorelands peninsula, where neighbors say prior storms have flooded streets and blocked emergency vehicles. A ruling is expected after the May 5 court hearing and the commission's May 12 meeting.
The TPF Homebuilders project, an 18-parcel modular redevelopment straddling Davis Avenue and Home Place, remains open while the applicant works up a construction-phasing and blasting plan requested by commissioners after repeated resident complaints about truck traffic, parking and rock blasting on a narrow private road.
Key Motions & Votes
- Vote: Final coastal site plan for 9 Brook Drive (PLZ 202678) Tally: Approved unanimously - Vote: Final subdivision to consolidate two parcels at 151 Old Church Road (PLPZ 2026-052) Tally: Approved unanimously - Vote: Final coastal site plan and special permit for parking reconfiguration at 10 Riverside Avenue, Hill House (PLPZ 2026-059) Tally: Approved unanimously - Vote: Zoning text amendment to Section 6110 governing dwelling units in business zones Tally: Approved unanimously - Vote: Approval of March 31, 2026, meeting minutes Tally: Approved unanimously - Action: Final coastal site plan for 14 Egleston Lane — Continued to May 12, 2026, at applicant's request - Action: Final site plan for 1 East Weaver Street office-to-residential conversion — Applicant to refile as a special permit; continued to a future meeting - Action: TPF Homebuilders development on Davis Avenue and Home Place — Continued; applicant asked to submit a construction phasing and blasting plan
Source
Greenwich Community Television: Planning and Zoning meeting, April 28, 2026