Lyme Land Conservation Trust, Inc. v. Beverly Platner

Summary

The court held that the defendant violated the conservation restriction by converting protected meadow into a residential lawn, destroying woodland vegetation, placing soil and sand, and relocating a driveway into the protected area. It upheld the trial court's authority to order a flexible restoration plan and found adequate evidentiary support for that plan. It nevertheless reversed portions of the attorney's-fee award and the statutory-damages award because fees for separate administrative proceedings were not recoverable and the damages lacked a reliable relationship to the actual restoration cost.