CHINA -- Planning Board members found no obvious flaws in Hannaford's plan for a South China supermarket during Tuesday evening's deliberations.

Board members took no vote on the application for a 36,000-square-foot supermarket and 20,000 square feet of additional retail space off Windsor Road, just south of Route 3.

Their discussion focused on listing evidence to show that the application meets town ordinance criteria. No one raised any points suggesting that the project does not meet town requirements.

There were a few requests for additional information, mostly specific figures Hannaford representatives said they would look up, or operating information they did not have -- for example, whether store employees are training in emergency medical procedures.

Hannaford people and board members talked about ways the project has been or might be modified to accommodate concerns expressed by neighbors and other residents at public hearings and discussions.

For example:

• Hannaford representative Joseph Laverriere said the application submitted to the state Department of Environmental Protection proposes conservation deed restrictions on about 113 acres the company owns east of the brook that runs across the lot. Several residents asked the company to limit development to the west part the parcel, which has access from Windsor Road.

• Douglas Boyce, also representing Hannaford, said the company accepted South China Fire Chief Richard Morse's suggestion that the water tank intended to serve the store's sprinkler system have a second connection to a hydrant firefighters could use if necessary.

• Rather than proposing specific measures to deal with anticipated changes in traffic through South China Village after a new traffic light is installed at the Route 3 and Windsor Road intersection, Feeney proposed an escrow account sufficient to cover new signs, speed bumps or other remedies.

• Planners tentatively proposed limiting the store's open hours to 7 a.m. to 11 p.m. Mitchell Feeney, another Hannaford representative, said that, depending on business, the company might stick with those hours, close earlier or return to the board to request approval to stay open later.

Feeney and Boyce explained that when the store was closed to customers, people would still be coming and going. Cleaning and stocking shelves are done at night, they said, and delivery trucks come at any time, day or night.

The project needs permits from several state agencies and the federal Army Corps of Engineers, in addition to the town.

China board members ended Tuesday's three-hour discussion with lists of points to be included in applying each of 15 criteria in the town ordinance.

Board Chairman Scott Rollins and Code Enforcement Officer Scott Pierz plan to turn the lists into draft findings of fact, to be reviewed by board members at their April 22 meeting.

Feeney and Boyce said once all permits are acquired, preliminary site work should take about two months and construction of the building about another nine months.

Boyce said off-site work, such as adding the traffic light and making other planned changes on Route 3, would be done at the same time as on-site work.