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Wetlands Permits

If your property is near a wetland or waterbody and you wish to cut trees, build a structure or conduct grading activities on your land, you may need a wetlands permit before you start work! Please contact the Conservation Administrator to discuss your proposed project.
 
Also, notify the Conservation Administrator when you intend to file for a wetlands permit to perform work under the Massachusetts Wetlands Protection Act and/or the Town of Lynnfield's Environmental Bylaw. She will coordinate placing your hearing on the Conservation Agenda and arranging a site visit to your property. You will need to contact the Assessor's Office for a list of abutters when filing a Notice of Intent or Abbreviated Notice of Resource Area Delineation.
 

The following is a brief description of the State forms that may be filed with the Commission for proposed projects and activities:

1. Request for Determination of Applicability: This form is for proposed minor activities and projects entirely within the Buffer Zone that will have little or no impact on the Wetland Resource Area. There is no filing fee for this permit application, but the applicant must pay for the legal ad submitted to the Lynnfield Villager. By submitting this type of application, the applicant is requesting that the Commission determine if the proposed activities will have a negative or positive impact on the wetlands. A public meeting is scheduled during a regular Conservation Commission meeting and a site visit is conducted to the property. A Determination of Applicability is voted by the Commission. If the Determiniation is negative, the Commission will issue a permit with conditions allowing the project; if the Determination is positive, the applicant must file a Notice of Intent for the project.

2. Notice of Intent: This form is for large projects that involve soil disturbance either in the Buffer Zone or in a Wetland Resource Area.  It is a more detailed permit application which may require professionally engineered plans. There are state fees associated with this permit, abutters must be notified by certified mail, return receipt requested, a site visit is conducted, and sometimes a consultant is hired at the applicant's expense to review the project for the Town. When the project has been adequately reviewed, the Commission issues a permit called an "Order of Conditions" either denying or permitting the project with conditions.   

3. Order of Conditions:

4. Certificate of Compliance: