Planning Board

MALDEN — June 11, 2026 — Malden Planning Board votes 9-0 to recommend a citywide ban on data centers and a one-year moratorium on related permits. The board, meeting jointly with the City Council Rules and Ordinance Committee, backed City Council Paper No. 276-2026, sponsored by Ward 5 Councilor

Malden Planning Board unanimously approves special permits for Wingstop and a medical aesthetics spa. The board, meeting with only six of its expected members present on May 13, required all six affirmative votes to pass either petition and achieved that threshold twice.

Malden Planning Board unanimously approves tattoo studio and overnight pet boarding permits on August 14.

Malden Planning Board unanimously approves tattoo studio and overnight pet boarding permits on August 14.

Malden Planning Board votes 9-0 to approve a 94,000-square-foot warehouse at the long-troubled Town Line Motel site on Broadway.

Malden Planning Board votes 9-0 to approve a 94,000-square-foot warehouse at the long-troubled Town Line Motel site on Broadway.

Malden Planning Board unanimously grants Bread of Life a renewed special permit and recommends the City Council reject a nine-story downtown office tower.

Malden Planning Board unanimously grants Bread of Life a renewed special permit and recommends the City Council reject a nine-story downtown office tower.