WPA Forms
Policy for Submitting Forms to the Conservation Commission
Please submit two paper copies of all permit applications in addition to one electronic copy of the application and any supporting documents in PDF format. Electronic documents can be submitted via email or CD/USB format.
WPA Form 1: Request for Determination of Applicability
This form enables the applicant to seek a determination of whether the provisions of the Wetlands Protection Act apply to a particular land area, determine the boundaries of a wetland resource area, or other circumstances under which proposed work would be regulated by the Act.
Use the link below to prepare the form for submission to the State and the Town. State form may be submitted online or mailed. The town copy must be printed and mailed or dropped off at the Conservation Office.
Town fees are $50 permit fee and $110 legal ad fee separate checks made out to the "Town of Upton".
WPA Form 1: Request for Determination of Applicability
WPA Form 3: Notice of Intent
The Wetlands Protection Act prohibits the removal, dredging, filling, or altering of wetlands without a permit. A Notice of Intent is required to obtain such a permit.
WPA Form 3: Wetlands Notice of Intent
Upton Applicant Instructions and Process
WPA Form 4A: Abbreviated Notice of Resource Area Delineation
This form provides a procedure for an applicant to confirm the delineation of a bordering vegetated wetland and also serves as an application for a simplified review of projects located in a buffer zone.
WPA Form 4A: Abbreviated Notice of Resource Area Delineation
WPA Form 8A: Request for Certificate of Compliance
Upon completion of work authorized in an Order of Conditions, the property owner must request a Certificate of Compliance from the issuing authority (Mass DEP or the Conservation Commission) stating that the work has been satisfactorily completed.