Carver Planning Board Approves Golf Simulator Studio, King Richard's Faire Expansion

CARVER -- May 12, 2026, Carver Planning Board approves golf simulator studio, King Richard's Faire expansion, and rewrites decade-old operating rules in single meeting. The board voted unanimously May 12 to grant a special permit to Eagle Bay Golf at 160 North Main Street, a four-bay indoor simulator studio, club fitting shop, and repair workshop proposed by 26-year resident Mark Rudnett in the former Shaw's supermarket space. In a separate unanimous vote, the board approved a site plan review for King Richard's Faire at 5-9 Eater Avenue, clearing a phased master plan covering 42 new vendor booths and ancillary amenities on the former Edaville property, with a condition directing the fair to investigate stormwater runoff complained of by abutter Alan Jermaine of 24 Pine Street, who said heavy rain pushes parking-lot water across the sidewalk into his driveway. A third unanimous vote reduced a required tree-planting obligation at 287 Tremont Street from 19 to 16 trees, with Town Planner Sean Lewis warning against setting a precedent of letting developers retroactively reduce plantings. The board also adopted a rewritten operating procedures manual, unchanged since June 2016, cutting required full-size plan submissions and authorizing the chair alone to sign off on approvals to eliminate signature-coordination delays.