FARMINGTON – Cottage-style condominiums nestled among open green spaces were described for the Planning Board on Monday as part of a detailed presentation on the proposed Willows Springs condominium project.

Developers Byron Davis and William Marceau of Farmington Land corporation provided more information about the seniors’ community project, billed as the Western Maine Neighborhood of Choice, proposed to be built on Fairbanks Road at the site of the former Maine Dowel Mill.

Davis and Marceau propose building 72 units on 36 acres over 10 years. Since acquiring the property in 2005, they have demolished buildings, cleared the land of debris and negotiated with Central Maine Power Co. to move a substation abutting the property to land farther up Fairbanks Road near Thomas Apartments.

The proposal includes single and duplex buildings with garages and optional second floors, a community building, walking trails and landscaping with open space that exceeds standards.

Designed to create a village atmosphere among the 55-year-old plus condominium owners, three styles of condominiums will be available at a starting price near $200,000, Davis told the board.

In other business, the board approved a six-lot residential subdivision application for Industry Road submitted by Brad Luker and an eight-lot subdivision application for Farmington Heights that includes development of a road, Deerfield Lane, to be constructed off Galilee Road in Cascade Leisure Park.

Kyle Warren of Main-Land Development Consultants presented plans for the subdivision on land owned by Community Concepts, which previously approved plans for a Head Start building on part of the land.

The board set a tentative site walk of the project but could not take further action pending town approval of open space residential development performance standards.

The board voted 6-1 to set the walk for 4 p.m. Sept. 27, after the results of a proposed special town meeting on Sept. 25, which is expected to be set by selectmen at their Tuesday meeting.

Some members questioned setting the site walk without an ordinance to work with, but in an effort to help move the project along, the date was set to provide scheduling time for a public hearing at the board’s October meeting.

The town voted down a set of standards at the March town meeting. Town Manager Richard Davis said earlier this summer that he felt there were a couple of provisions that defeated the article. Since then, lawyer Helen Edmonds of Pierce Atwood, who is a specialist in land planning, has been hired to help revise the standards.

Her work, she told the board Monday, would allow types of development other than residential subdivisions. Under present zoning ordinances, no condominium project could be developed in Farmington, she said.

The presentation was given with anticipation that amendments to the zoning ordinance would be adopted by the town, she said.

The board also set a site walk for 4 p.m. Monday to review the town’s planned site for new construction of a West Farmington pump station. The pump is 35 years old and needs to be replaced, Davis told the board. Questions on where the pump station would be located on the property were brought up by Marvin Coolidge, an abutter.