Welcome to the Third Issue of Sullivan’s Zoning and Development Newsletter-

This newsletter is a collaboration between members of our Permitting & Land Use Practice Group and the Litigation Department, in order to provide our firm’s clients and others interested in land use and permitting with a summary of notable legal developments that might be relevant to their projects. This edition summarizes the following:

• A Superior Court decision entering summary judgment in favor of our client and against plaintiffs’ challenge to the adoption of a PDA zoning amendment in Boston;

• Three Land Court decisions construing protections afforded by the Dover Amendment (namely, protections for solar energy, educational, and childcare facilities);