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Urban planning
in Sherborn, MA

Site and district plans that balance growth, access and sustainability. Our team serves Sherborn and nearby Natick and Framingham.

Aerial view of a planned urban district with green corridors — urban planning in Sherborn, MA
  • 4,427Residents of Sherborn
  • 1,588Housing units in Sherborn
  • 6%Homes in multi-unit buildings
  • 01770Local ZIP code
About our Sherborn work

Urban planning for Sherborn projects

Planning a project in Sherborn, MA? Our urban planning team works across Sherborn and the surrounding MetroWest communities. Site and district plans that balance growth, access and sustainability.

Sherborn has about 1,588 housing units: 89% are single-family detached houses and 6% are in buildings with two or more units. In a predominantly single-family town, new development is typically measured against the scale and character of existing neighborhoods.

We serve ZIP code 01770 and every community within 25 km of Sherborn. Sherborn is about 4 miles from our Framingham dispatch hub, well inside the 60-mile radius our superintendents and equipment cover. Nearby towns where we also provide urban planning include Natick, Framingham and Holliston.

Local considerations

Building in Sherborn: What's Local

What the public record says about building in Sherborn — and what it means for urban planning.

  • Homes in Sherborn

    Sherborn has about 1,588 housing units: 89% are single-family detached houses and 6% are in buildings with two or more units. In a predominantly single-family town, new development is typically measured against the scale and character of existing neighborhoods.

    Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–2024 5-year estimates (opens in a new tab)
  • Historic districts

    Sherborn has one or more local historic districts. Exterior changes to buildings inside a district, particularly those visible from a public way, may need approval from the historic district commission before work begins. Plans that touch a district need to account for that review in their timeline and design.

    Source: sherbornma.org (opens in a new tab)
  • Wetlands & conservation

    Work in or near wetlands, streams, ponds and their buffer zones is regulated under the Massachusetts Wetlands Protection Act, and filings are made with Sherborn's Conservation Commission. Mapping resource areas early shows where a site can and cannot be developed.

    Source: sherbornma.org (opens in a new tab)
  • Sewer & septic

    No municipal sewer; homes rely on on-site septic (subsurface sewage disposal) systems. Without town-wide sewer, the capacity of on-site septic systems is a key constraint on how intensively a site can be developed.

    Source: mwra.com (opens in a new tab)

Good to know about urban planning

  • In an MBTA Communities district, multi-family housing must be allowed as of right, without a special permit; site plan review may be required but can only impose reasonable conditions, not make a project infeasible (760 CMR 72.04).

    Source: law.cornell.edu (opens in a new tab)
  • Where applicable, the MBTA Communities district must be located not more than 0.5 miles from a commuter rail station, subway station, ferry terminal or bus station (760 CMR 72.08).

    Source: law.cornell.edu (opens in a new tab)
  • State ADU rules define an accessory dwelling unit as no larger than half the principal dwelling's gross floor area or 900 square feet, whichever is smaller, and bar municipalities from unreasonably restricting non-short-term-rental ADUs (760 CMR 71.02).

    Source: law.cornell.edu (opens in a new tab)
About the service

How we deliver urban planning

Planning communities that work for decades

Successful development starts long before ground is broken. Our planning team studies the site, the zoning and the surrounding community to shape a plan that is approvable, buildable and built to last.

“Good planning is invisible — it simply makes everything else easier.”

We coordinate roads, utilities, open space and building placement into a phased master plan, so each stage of construction supports the next.

Why HUNT for urban planning?

Because we also build what we plan, our phasing and logistics strategies are grounded in real construction sequencing — not theory.

Who Is It For?

  • Developers assembling multi-building or mixed-use sites
  • Municipalities and public-private partnerships
  • Campuses planning long-term growth

This service handles everything:

From feasibility to a phased, permit-ready master plan.

Service Area

Regional service area & Fleet logistics

Headquartered in the central metropolitan hub with continuous 60-mile equipment and superintendent rapid response radius.

  • Highlighted primary service city
  • Nearby cities and neighborhoods
  • Dispatch location
  • Metro core corridor
FAQs

Urban planning in Sherborn: your questions

Straight answers about planning, budgets, timelines and working with our team.

Still have questions?

Our team is happy to talk through your project and get back to you within 24 hours.

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  • Design-build under one roof
  • 60-mile service radius