Manalapan Holding Co., Inc., a New Jersey Corporation, Plaintiff-Respondent v. Planning Board of the Township of…

Summary

The New Jersey Supreme Court held that a municipality must act on a preliminary subdivision application within the 95‑day statutory period and may not extend that period by deferring action pending county approval, and that the developer did not consent to any extension. Although automatic approval would have resulted, the Court exercised original jurisdiction to order a prompt public hearing and required the municipality to act within two weeks thereafter.