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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.

Proponents of affordable housing and the environment face off in first Cape Cod Commission public hearing on the proposed Emblem Hyannis apartments.

Residents who've struggled to find housing urged the commission to support building more apartments. But others say Twin Brooks should be preserved as open space for public use and wildlife habitat.

An apartment complex proposed for the Twin Brooks golf course in Hyannis has received an environmental certificate from the state that could ease the way for the project, over the objections of opponents, who say the land should be preserved for conservation and recreation.