It’s now been more than a year since the Little Egg Harbor Township Planning Board approved Lennar Corp.’s 415-unit age-restricted residential development set for Center Street. Some residents may have seen it as a done deal after that 5½-hour meeting on Aug. 26, 2025; it was far from that.

Since then, multiple lawsuits have been filed in relation to the project, residents have voiced their protest at nearly every planning board and township committee meeting, and community organizations have…