The Buxton Planning Board stayed up late Monday night – an hour past the agreed-upon 10 p.m. adjournment – to give conditional approval on an application by H.A. Mapes Inc. to redevelop JD Variety on Narragansett Trail, a proposal contested by neighbors.

The plans include demolition of existing structures on the property – a 1,900-square-foot convenience store plus another commercial building – and construction of a new, 4,750-square-foot building with deli, coffee shop and a drive-through window. The four gas pumps would be replaced with modernized pumps and canopy, and new diesel pumps would be placed at the rear of the building.

The project first went in front of the Buxton Planning Board and the Maine Department of Transportation more than a year ago. It was originally intended to include a Dunkin’ Donuts, but Jonathan Mapes, vice president of H.A. Mapes, said in an interview last week that he is not sure what franchises will move in at this point.

The project was stalled last year after the transportation department said improvements would have to be made to the intersection of routes 202 and 112 at the expense of H.A. Mapes. The company will be adding left-hand turn lanes.

H.A. Mapes is a 72-year-old, Maine-owned and operated business based in Springvale that manages a number of gas stations and convenience stores around southern Maine and New Hampshire.

Betsy Roy, who lives on the property just to the north of the variety store, spoke against the project at Monday night’s meeting, saying traffic and idling trucks would cause significantly increased noise. She said Mapes should erect a 13-foot-high fence between her property and the convenience store’s property.

“You need to have it as high as the mufflers,” Roy said, referring to the height of the fence that would be built.

Buxton’s ordinance only requires a 6-foot fence in such circumstances. After fielding concerns from the public at earlier meetings, H.A. Mapes came back to the board with an 8-foot fence.

Roy didn’t think the 8-foot fence would be enough. She suggested that a stone wall be built, to be covered with ivy, to mitigate the noise.

The Planning Board was sympathetic to Roy’s concerns, but there was nothing the board could legally do to alleviate them. Board member James Logan said he didn’t expect the location to draw many more customers than it already does, and wouldn’t expect an influx of freight trucks going out of their way to hit up the new diesel pumps.

Another neighbor of the property, Elizabeth White, was concerned about water quality and gas spills, but the plan includes improved stormwater mitigation and a gas spill plan.

Also Monday night, the board gave conditional approval for a project led by Francoise Paradis for a 20-unit co-housing community off Marshall Lane. The project is being designed to use geothermal, wind and solar energy, with the idea that the homes become certified as green buildings. Several neighbors of that project hotly contested the feasibility of the plan and were worried about traffic, land access and fire protection, among other items. The plan is waiting on Department of Environmental Protection approval, and a meeting is scheduled for later this month.