Dunkin Donuts seeks preliminary site-plan approval
The Milton Planning and Zoning Commission will hold a public hearing on a preliminary site-plan application by Dunkin Donuts to put a new franchise at 403 Broadkill Road.
The hearing will be held at 6:30 p.m., Tuesday, Dec. 17, at Cannery Village clubhouse.
Dunkin is proposing a 2,860-square-foot restaurant with a drive-thru on a commercial lot in front of the Cypress Grove development on Route 16. The lot where the Dunkin was partitioned by Town Council in November, with the second lot planned for another, unnamed fast-food establishment.
Dunkin would have 38 parking spaces and would be accessed from Route 16, with motorists turning onto Grove Circle, which services the interior lots of the development. At a concept review in October, the commission asked officials from Dunkin to make the restaurant fit in with Milton’s architecture and also provide a lighting plan.
Should Dunkin receive preliminary site-plan approval, they would then have to get approvals from state and county agencies, as well as meet any conditions the commission may put on them, before the franchise can come back for final approval. The preliminary site-plan process is typically the public’s main opportunity to provide input into the process.
The Cypress Grove parcel was annexed into Milton in December 2020. Plans for the 26-acre parcel called for 21 acres of 240 residential units, in an R-2 residential zoning district, and 5 acres of commercial space fronting Route 16. In addition to Dunkin and the unnamed fast-food restaurant, another parcel has been designated for a dentist’s office.
