Planning Board

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Regular Members
Bill Lipfert, Chair
Everett Cass, Vice Chair
Heidi Jaarsma, Secretary
Jonathan Glass
Gillian Goodwin
Kellie Patterson-Parry

Alternate Member
Linda Rice

Select Board Representative
Dillon Gallagher

Meetings are held at the Town Offices at 7:00 pm on the 1st and 3rd Thursday of each month.

All meetings are open to the public. Notice of public hearings will be posted at the Town Offices.

Please call Heidi Jaarsma (603 675 5611) to place an item on the agenda. The agenda will be closed 5 days before each regularly scheduled meeting. At the secretary’s discretion, the agenda may be closed sooner.


Written Comment

Written comment may be emailed, sent by regular mail (488 Town House Road, Cornish, NH 03745), or left in the dropbox at the Town Offices. We request that written comment be received by the Monday before the meeting at which the comment will be submitted.


  • Notice of Public Hearing re: Proposed Tree Removals by Eversource on Scenic Roads.

    Pursuant to the provisions of New Hampshire RSA 231:158, the Cornish Planning Board will hold a public hearing on Thursday, April 17, 2025, 7:00 p.m., at the Cornish Town Offices, located at 488 Town House Road, to hear public testimony or comment on tree trimming and removal of hazard trees proposed by Eversource on the following scenic roads: Gap Road, Lang Road, Platt Road, Saint Gaudens Road, and Whitten Cemetery Road.  Proposed removals have been marked by Eversource with blue and white checked flagging.  A listing of trees identified as hazards by Eversource is available at the Cornish Town Offices and on this website. SCENIC ROAD TREE LIST