CHINA -- Subdivisions dominated the Planning Board's Tuesday agenda, including a new one, tentatively 13 lots, off Lakeview Drive opposite The Cabins at China Lake.

Engineer Boyd Snowden, representing Wachusett Properties Inc., presented a preliminary plan showing 13 residential lots: One is on Lakeview Drive; the rest will be accessed by a proposed new road running east and then north to a turnaround near the north edge of the property.

Wachusett Properties is the Bisbee, O'Donnell and Samoiloff families, owners of The Cabins and the land on the east side of Lakeview Drive.

Snowden said, so far, the boundaries have been surveyed, forested wetlands delineated and soils suitable for septic systems located. Further study may lead to changes in the plan, he said.

The project is large enough to require permits from the state Department of Environmental Protection as well as from the town.

With a heavy workload, Snowden did not offer a date to come before the local board again.

Other proposals discussed Tuesday:

n A second new subdivision proposal came from Megan McDonough and her father, Mark McDonough, to amend and expand Tamarack Hills subdivision off Neck Road.

They asked for advice on reconfiguring at least one of three previously approved lots, extending Tamarack Drive another 1,050 feet, and laying out five more lots along the new road.

Mark McDonough suggested, and board members agreed, that obtaining an engineer's report on the quality of the existing road is the first step.

n Board members also discussed Carrol White's proposal to convert the former Grange Hall in China Village to senior housing.

White started the project in 1991, but it has been stalled for years because he lacks lot area for more than two apartments.

Rollins gave White the same advice previous board members and Pierz have given him: Go for two.

But White is holding out for a minimum of four apartments. Dividing a 5,000-square-foot building into two apartments is not consistent with housing for an elderly individual or couple, he said.

n Board members and Michael Sabatini -- representing Cleveland Street Retreat LLC, the family corporation that owns part of Pellerin Campground -- agreed on March 30 for the board to visit and inspect Pellerin Drive, with April 6 as the backup date.

The Sabatini family wants to convert their part of the campground from rental cabins and RV sites to owner-occupied cabins, or "cabiniums." The change falls under China's subdivision ordinance.

n Board members agreed that questions about changing roads in South China Village, in response to the planned new traffic light and projected traffic increases associated with a proposed new Hannaford supermarket, should be discussed by the Road Commissioner Daniel L'Heureux and the Road Committee. They also requested Code Enforcement Officer Scott Pierz ask L'Heureux to organize discussions, with the goal of submitting a report for the Planning Board to consider during deliberations.

n Board members decided by consensus that China Dine-ah owner Norman Elvin, of Augusta, can add another 20 seats without a revised permit, since the changes will be inside the building. They asked Pierz to make sure parking is adequate.

n No one was present to discuss the proposed expansion of The Meadows subdivision on Weeks Mills Road. The item was tabled.

Pierz said China's revised draft comprehensive plan is now on the town's Web site, www.chinamaine.org. The Comprehensive Planning Committee will review the draft at meetings scheduled for 6:30 p.m. March 19 and March 26, in the Town Office.