In Shipyard Associates v. Hoboken Planning Board, the Appellate Division held that a developer was entitled to automatic approval of a controversial plan to build two high-rise buildings on the Hoboken waterfront because the Hoboken Planning Board (Board) refused to hold a hearing on the application while related litigation was
A New Jersey federal district judge recently rejected North Jersey Vineyard Church’s request for injunctive relief, which would have required the Township of South Hackensack to approve the church’s site plan application. The court’s decision is the latest in a series of legal disputes between the two parties. Facts of
The Appellate Division recently addressed when New Jersey planning boards must grant exceptions from the requirements for site plan approval under N.J.S.A. 40:55D-51(b). In White Castle System Inc. v. Planning Board of the Township of Middletown, the appeals court held that the Planning Board of the Township of Middletown (the
