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Offshore wind developer Avangrid Renewables will wait a few more weeks before presenting its plans for landing power cables from its Park City Wind project to the Barnstable Conservation Commission. ...The change is a response to concerns residents have been raising about the notice given for the hearing since it was officially announced to leaders of the Centerville Civic Association in an email on July 6.

This is a critical step in permitting/approval for Park City Wind and it's imperative that public notice is widespread, a Barnstable resident says.

A highly contested plan to build a 312-unit apartment complex at the former Twin Brooks golf course in Hyannis received approval last night from the Cape Cod Commission. Commissioners of the regional planning agency voted overwhelmingly, 13 to 2, to approve an agreement with developer Quarterra for the Emblem Hyannis apartments. Dozens of people spoke passionately for or against the project. Testimony focused on how to balance the need for housing on Cape Cod against the virtues of open space and conservation. Commission chair Harold Mitchell, who represents Sandwich, spoke in support.