Planning board schedules special meeting for 112-unit Lime Rock proposal
October 17, 2025 | Smithfield, Providence County, Rhode Island
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The Smithfield Planning Board announced a special meeting on Oct. 23 to consider a comprehensive permit master plan application by Boport LLC for property at 60 and 82 Lime Rock Road (Assessor’s Plat 45, Lots 43 and 44B).
The application proposes a 112-unit residential community, referred to in the presentation as Lime Rock Acres, with 25% of the units designated as affordable. The announcement at the Oct. 16 meeting named Smithfield High School as the hearing location.
Planning staff said the special session was scheduled solely to hear the master plan application and that it will be treated as a formal hearing before the board. No decision was made at the Oct. 16 meeting; the scheduling item served as public notice to interested residents that the application will be considered at the special meeting.
The board’s notice clarifies that the special meeting will be held on Thursday, Oct. 23, at Smithfield High School and that attendees for the matter will not receive separate mailed notices beyond this announcement.
The announcement came during routine agenda business and was presented by the board chair as an informational scheduling item.
The application proposes a 112-unit residential community, referred to in the presentation as Lime Rock Acres, with 25% of the units designated as affordable. The announcement at the Oct. 16 meeting named Smithfield High School as the hearing location.
Planning staff said the special session was scheduled solely to hear the master plan application and that it will be treated as a formal hearing before the board. No decision was made at the Oct. 16 meeting; the scheduling item served as public notice to interested residents that the application will be considered at the special meeting.
The board’s notice clarifies that the special meeting will be held on Thursday, Oct. 23, at Smithfield High School and that attendees for the matter will not receive separate mailed notices beyond this announcement.
The announcement came during routine agenda business and was presented by the board chair as an informational scheduling item.
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