LIVERMORE FALLS — The Planning Board will hold a preapplication meeting for the redevelopment of the Lamb Block in Depot Street on Wednesday.

Main-Land Development Consultants will give the board an overview of the project at 6:30 p.m. Dec. 21 at the town office.

The project proposes to put a health clinic on the third floor of the Lamb Block, adjacent to the new medical arts center being constructed. The Lamb Block was built in the 1880s and is the oldest building downtown.

Developer Kevin Bunker of Developers Collaborative of Portland is working with Franklin Memorial Hospital and HealthReach on the project.

The town’s Communities for Maine’s Future grant application for $400,000 was accepted in September and the money reserved to renovate the building that now houses Group Adams Propane Services and H & R Block.

The town is acting as fiscal agent for the grant money.

The preapplication discussion gives an applicant a chance to bring a proposal to the board and ask questions, Code Enforcement Officer James Butler Jr. said.

It gives the applicant a chance to get a feel for the Planning Board’s concerns with a proposed project and gives them a chance to fix any concerns prior to the actual application meeting where decisions can be made to approve or deny a site plan review application, he said.

Not all applicants do this, but with a larger project like the Lamb Block redevelopment it is a good idea, he said.

The building is expected to stay on the tax rolls and be owned by Bunker.

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