FARMINGTON — Christie James said she hasn’t decided whether to appeal the Planning Board’s decision to approve an application for a six-unit condominium next to her property.

“It’s a decision that has to be made,” she said after Wednesday night’s board meeting. She has 30 days to decide whether to go to the Board of Appeals.

William Marceau, who proposes to create Riverview Condominiums, said Wednesday that he expects an appeal.

Marceau proposed the condos for his property at 223 Main St., which is the site of his Foothills Management and Development office, a hair salon and 10 apartments. After withdrawing a plan for a five-condominium complex in May, Marceau submitted a second application for a six-unit condominium, which includes the present building.

The half-acre lot stretching from Main Street to Front Street posed issues concerning size of the lot, frontage, access through an 8-foot-wide driveway, and for James, concerns about privacy in her backyard, a historical garden dating back to the 1930s and her efforts to restore her home to its historical character.

Following the decision, the applicant, William Marceau, expressed gratitude for the process the Planning Board went through but said he anticipates an appeal and taking another year before he can move forward on the project.

“This is one of four projects I’m working on but this one has been the hardest,” Marceau said. He said he anticipates taking another year before he can move forward with the pr0ject.

Led by town attorney Frank Underkuffler, board members worked their way through each standard of the site plan review ordinance to reach their final decision.

Before starting the work, they dealt with letters written by two audience members voicing objections to comments made by board members at a previous meeting. Following the meeting, James’ attorney, David Sanders, also submitted a similar letter to the board raising questions of impartiality and conflicts of interest.

Sanders had raised the question with Underkuffler earlier Wednesday, he said Thursday.

At the meeting, the town attorney said the comments made were relevant and there was nothing more the board needed to do.

Marceau is vice chairman of the Planning Board and prominent in the community, Sanders said, questioning any partiality to Marceau.

If James decides to appeal the decision, bias will be part of the discussions, Sanders said.

Whatever the outcome, the town’s concern is whether it meets the requirement of the town’s ordinances and whether the board interprets those ordinances correctly, Code Enforcement Officer Steve Kaiser said Thursday.

The board has done this for a long time and the unique, eclectic mixture that is Farmington is indicative of the board’s efforts, he said. It also represents the historical mixture that James appreciates, he added.

The project creates a major impact on neighboring properties, Sanders said. Most people wouldn’t want it next to their backyard, he said.

“I can’t imagine anyone who wouldn’t find it obtrusive,” he said.

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