Town Development Review Board

Members & Terms

MembersTerm Expires
Wade Treadway, Chair2028
Alan Willard2026
Ernie Fernandez2028
Fred Hunt - Alternate 
Kimberly French - Alternate 
Nina Phalen 2029

As the name suggests, the Town Development Review Board (TDRB) is a quasi-judicial board responsible for reviewing conditional uses and variance applications in the Town of Woodstock. The Town Development Review Board’s authority and duties are laid out in the Vermont State Statutes online. As of March, 2004, the board combined the development review functions of the former Town Zoning Board of Adjustment and the Planning Commission into a single body that must evaluate and decide upon the appropriateness of proposed applications measured against the standards and procedures defined in the Town of Woodstock Zoning Regulations. It is an important and difficult job carried out by volunteers with staff support from the Planning & Zoning Department. The TDRB has five board members who serve three-year terms and are appointed by the Select Board at the annual organizational meeting that follows Town Meeting in March.

The TDRB reviews complete applications for proposed projects at public hearings. Such reviews may be for site plans, conditional uses, variance requests, subdivisions and/or variances. All public hearings must obey the open meeting law. This law does, however, allow quasi-judicial boards, such as the TDRB, to deliberate in a closed session. The TDRB may also reach a decision in closed session provided the decision reached is put in writing and made public. All written Notice of Decisions are mailed to the applicant, filed in the Planning & Zoning Office and the Town Clerk’s office as well as posted on the bulletin board at the entrance of Town Hall.

It is also the board that is authorized to hear appeals from decisions of the Woodstock Zoning Officer. All decisions of the TDRB may be appealed by the applicant or an interested party who participated at the public hearing for the application. Such an appeal must be made within 30 days of the decisions and all appeals are heard by the Vermont Environmental Court. The Planning & Zoning Office has paperwork for this appeal process that must be filed with the state.

The Town Development Review Board meets at 6:30 P.M. on the fourth Tuesday of the month in the conference room on second floor at Town Hall. The conference room is accessible to persons with disabilities. The entrance to the elevator is on the side of the Town Hall.

Meeting Schedule

4th Tuesday, 6:30 pm
At the Town Hall & on Zoom

Zoom Link

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88648851165?pwd=SzJPWHJDTlNDK2ZVNXBydVArdytodz09

Meeting ID: 886 4885 1165
Passcode: 345452

April 28, 2026

  1. Town Development Review Board 04/28/26

    6:30 PM – Open End

March 24, 2026

  1. Town Development Review Board 03/24/26

    6:30 PM – Open End

February 24, 2026

  1. Town Development Review Board 02/24/26

    6:30 PM – Open End

February 9, 2026

  1. Town Development Review Board 02/09/2026

    6:30 PM – Open End

January 27, 2026

  1. Town Development Review Board 01/27/26 - Cancelled

    6:30 PM – Open End

December 23, 2025

  1. Town Development Review Board 12/23/25-Cancelled

    6:30 PM – Open End

December 11, 2025

  1. Town Development Review Board 12/11/25

    6:30 PM – Open End

November 25, 2025

  1. Town Development Review Board 11/25/25 - CANCELLED

    6:30 PM – Open End

October 28, 2025

  1. Town Development Review Board 10/28/25

    6:30 PM – Open End

September 26, 2025

  1. Town Development Review Board 09/26/25

    3 PM – Open End

September 23, 2025

  1. Town Development Review Board 9/23/25 - No Quorum

    6:30 PM – Open End

August 26, 2025

  1. Town Development Review Board 08/26/25

    6:30 PM – Open End

June 24, 2025

  1. Town Development Review Board 06/24/25

    6:30 PM – Open End

May 27, 2025

  1. Town Development Review Board 05/27/25

    6:30 PM – Open End

*Only (1) one year of meetings are stored on the site -if any minutes are needed before these dates, please contact the Town Offices (802) 457-3456 x3