A Maine Superior Court Judge overturned a decision Thursday that would have allowed Plum Creek to turn thousands of acres of land in northern Maine into residential units and resorts.
Justice Thomas Humphrey ruled that the decision, made by the Maine Land Use Regulation Commission in 2009, had essentially violated the law, writing “Because LURC disregarded its Chapter 5 rules and engaged in an unauthorized, ad hoc procedure that prejudiced Petitioners’ rights, the court must vacate the Decision of the Commission and remand for a public hearing on Plum Creek’s fourth and final amended petition.”>/p>
Plum Creek’s plan would have created nearly 1,000 houses and up to three resorts with hundreds more residential units sprawled across 17,000 acres near Moosehead Lake, according to RESTORE: The North Woods.
