Bailey v. Bd. of Appeals of Holden

In Bailey v. Bd. of Appeals of Holden, 370 Mass. 95, 99 n.6, 345 N.E.2d 367 (1976), upon finding the granting of a comprehensive permit was reasonable and consistent with local needs, the board simply found that the town had not met the need for low or moderate income housing and such need was established by the evidence before it. Id. at 98. The SJC rejected the argument that the board failed to make necessary or specific findings and held that while these findings are conclusory, they are more than a mere repetition of the required statutory findings. Although the board's opinion would have been more satisfactory if it had recited subsidiary facts on which those ultimate findings of fact were based, the board fulfilled its obligation to state the reasons for its decision. Id. at 98-99