ROME — The Planning Board has approved an application to construct a children’s summer camp on Long Pond in an unexpected decision following months of procedural delays and despite widespread opposition to the project from nearby residents.

The decision by the board Monday followed an attempt by some board members to delay a vote on the application by property owner David Porter for another month to gather more information on shoreland noise from the camp that could violate the town’s noise standards.

The decision has left some neighbors upset. Doris Jorgenson, who has owned a house on Beaver Cove next to the proposed camp for almost 60 years, said Tuesday the decision was “unbelievable” to her.

“I’m appalled at what it is going to do to us. It is going to ruin me. They are not considering at all what it is going to do to us in the cove,” Jorgenson said. “It’s a nice thing, but it doesn’t belong in the cove.”

Planning Board Co-Chairman Dick Greenan said Tuesday he had not expected the board would decide on the application at Monday’s meeting, and he thought instead the panel would wait until February to vote.

Porter, of Sudbury, Massachusetts, intends to construct a summer camp for siblings separated in foster homes on 68 acres he owns off Watson Pond Road. Plans for the camp, sited in a heavily wooded area, include bunk houses, lodges, activity buildings, docks and sports fields.

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