The Oyster Bay Cove Planning Board approved Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory’s site plan to house postdoctoral fellows on an 11.75-acre property in the village, marking a step forward in a proposal that has been met with local opposition.

The eight-member planning board unanimously approved the laboratory's application seeking site plan and historic scenic and byways approval during a two-hour meeting Thursday night at the East Woods School in Oyster Bay Cove.

Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory purchased the 57 Sandy Hill Rd. property in January 2024 with plans to rehabilitate its historic main house, built in 1910, and lodge early career scientists on the sprawling grounds. The planning board's decision moves the laboratory closer to starting the $2.2 million project, which still requires final

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