Regulatory Update | August 2025  

This Regulatory Update provides a status on projects currently under review by the Cape Cod Commission. Visit www.capecodcommission.org/regulatory for a full overview of our Regulatory program and answers to frequently asked questions.   

NextGrid Solar Bourne (CCC File No. 23021)  
0 Ernest Valeri Road, Bournedale  
Status: Approved  

The Cape Cod Commission received a mandatory Development of Regional Impact (DRI) referral from the Bourne Town Planner on November 20, 2024. This project proposes a 11.32 MW dc ground-mounted solar development with battery storage on a +/- 49.95 acre site. The hearing period was opened procedurally by a hearing officer on January 17, 2025. The Project was withdrawn on March 14, 2025. The Project was subsequently resubmitted and the Cape Cod Commission received a new DRI Referral from the Bourne Town Planner on March 21, 2025. A subcommittee hearing was held on May 14, 2025 and continued to June 4, 2025. The full Cape Cod Commission held a hearing on June 26, 2025 and voted to approve the project. No appeals were filed and the decision was recorded on August 5, 2025. 

Mitchell Landscape (CCC File No. 25019) 
246 Queen Anne Road, Harwich  
Status: Pending 

The Cape Cod Commission received a mandatory Development of Regional Impact (DRI) referral from the Harwich Town Planner on July 21, 2025 for a landscape yard of 40,000 sf or greater constructed on a 62,313-sf project site. No hearings have been scheduled. 

26 Shank Painter Housing (CCC File No. 25017) 
26 Shank Painter Rd, Provincetown  
Status: Pending 

The Cape Cod Commission received a mandatory Development of Regional Impact (DRI) referral from the Provincetown Town Planner on June 30, 2025 for a 40-unit residential development to include below-market-rate units and income restricted units. A pro-forma hearing has been scheduled for August 29, 2025 to open the hearing period for procedural purposes. 

Falmouth Rd Market Resubmittal (CCC File No. 25006) 
647 Falmouth Rd, Mashpee  
Status: Pending 

The Cape Cod Commission received a mandatory Development of Regional Impact (DRI) referral from the Mashpee Planning Board on May 5, 2025 for a proposal to construct a specialty grocery store with associated improvements on a previously disturbed, +/- 3.97-acre site with frontage on both Falmouth Road and Shellback Way. A subcommittee hearing was held July 1, 2025 and continued to July 21, 2025. The hearing on July 21 was held by hearing officer for procedural purposes only and further continued to August 11, 2025. The hearing on August 11, 2025 was continued to September 3, 2025. 

Cape Cod Country Club Solar (CCC File No. 25009)  
41, 42, 48, 59 Theatre Drive and 0 Boxberry Hill Rd, East Falmouth  
Status: Pending  

The Cape Cod Commission received a mandatory Development of Regional Impact (DRI) referral from the Falmouth Planning Board on April 14, 2025. This project proposes a 23.3 MW dc ground-mounted solar development with battery storage on a +/- 137-acre site.  Subcommittee hearings were held on June 12, 2025, July 10, 2025, and August 4, 2025. The hearing was further continued to the regularly scheduled meeting of the full Cape Cod Commission on September 11, 2025. 

Barlows Landing Monopole (CCC File No. 24030)  
317 Barlows Landing Road, Pocasset 
Status: Pending  

The Cape Cod Commission received a mandatory Development of Regional Impact (DRI) referral from the Bourne Planning Board on November 20, 2024. This project proposes the construction of a 120-foot monopole wireless communications tower with associated ground equipment. The hearing period was opened procedurally by a hearing officer on January 17, 2025.  The Project was withdrawn on March 27, 2025. The Project was subsequently resubmitted and the Cape Cod Commission received a new DRI Referral from the Bourne Town Planner on April 2, 2025. The hearing period was again opened procedurally by hearing officer on June 2, 2025. A subcommittee hearing was held June 25, 2025 and a continued hearing was held on July 21, 2025. The full Cape Cod Commission held a hearing on August 14, 2025 and voted to approve the project. 

Cape Cod Gateway Airport (CCC File No. 22033)  
480 Barnstable Road, Barnstable  
Status: Hearing period extended  

The Cape Cod Commission received the Certificate of the Secretary of Energy and Environmental Affairs on the Project’s Final Environmental Impact Report on November 15, 2024. The Project encompasses various developments at the Cape Cod Airport including extending runway 15-33; modifying taxiways A, B, and D; removing taxiway E; constructing a run-up area and noise wall; and developing new hangars. No hearings have been scheduled. The hearing period has been extended to January 10, 2026.  

Pound Pond Flood Mitigation (CCC File No. 22015)   
Lower County Road, Dennis   
Status: Hearing period extended  

The Commission received the Certificate of the Secretary of Energy and Environmental Affairs on the Project’s Rollover Final Environmental Impact Report on August 29, 2022. The Project proposes to restore Pound Pond at Seaview Park in Dennis to provide water quality and flood plain improvements. The limit of work is approximately 6.0 acres and will include approximately 496 linear feet of stream daylighting, removal of a 30-inch culvert pipe, and a proposed pond with a surface area of approximately 1.1 acres. A staff hearing officer opened the DRI hearing period procedurally on October 13, 2022. The hearing period was extended by mutual agreement to September 1, 2025. No substantive hearings have been scheduled. 

Thomas B Landers Rd Gravel Mining (CCC File No. 25004)  
0 and 160 Thomas B. Landers Road, Falmouth  
Status: Withdrawn

The Cape Cod Commission received a mandatory Development of Regional Impact (DRI) referral from the Falmouth Zoning Board of Appeals on February 27, 2025 for excavation, processing, and storage of material, with restoration, on two parcels totaling +/- 39 acres. The hearing period was opened procedurally by a hearing officer on April 28, 2025. No substantive hearings have been scheduled.  The DRI application was withdrawn by the Applicant on July 23, 2025.