Dunkin’ yet to apply for P&Z approval

NORTH CANAAN — Zoning Enforcement Officer George Martin said May 12 that he has not received an application for a new Dunkin’ location.

The project across from Stop & Shop on Route 44 received approval from the Inland Wetland and Conservation Commission in April. The plan included a roughly 2,000-square-foot rectangular building with 16 parking spots and a drive-thru.

P&Z Chairman Mike O’Connor, who also sits on the IWCC, said the applicants initially submitted the proposal in 2013 and it was approved. The developers decided not to move forward at that time, O’Connor said.

When resubmitted to IWCC in 2025, the plans were the same as the 2013 application aside from the addition of a rain garden.

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