From the Mashpee Enterprise · February 13, 2026 · By Cearra O’Hern
The developers of the Reserve at Quashnet Valley Country Club plan 25 single-family homes along Country Club Lane at 234 Old Barnstable Road in Mashpee, above the upper Quashnet River. The project is the last phase of a 1973 special permit that allowed 29 units. The Zoning Board of Appeals questioned whether that permit was still valid about two years ago, but it was later upheld through the Planning Department, the zoning board and Land Court. Project engineer Matthew Eddy said the team had received the state’s certificate on its expanded environmental notification form and had submitted its environmental impact report under the Massachusetts Environmental Policy Act. The team is also working with the state’s Natural Heritage program on eastern box turtle habitat, and the Massachusetts Historical Commission has required an archaeological study of the site. Eddy believes the project is outside Cape Cod Commission review because the permit predates the commission.
The homes would use individual Title 5 septic systems with innovative/alternative (I/A) treatment, which the team had committed to bring down to 19 milligrams of nitrogen per liter. CPWB President Maggie Megaw pointed out that MassDEP provisionally allows I/A systems that reach 10 milligrams per liter, and that the Quashnet already carries more than 25 percent of the nitrogen arriving in the watershed. CPWB filed comments in January asking for better treatment and noted that a shared cluster system is another option. Mashpee Select Board vice chairman David Weeden also raised concerns about the project’s closeness to the river. The developer hoped to finish state permitting by summer and break ground in the fall.
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