A developer’s plan to build one of the largest warehouse projects ever proposed in Somerset County has been blocked by local officials.

Following a lengthy hearing on Sept. 4, the Hillsborough Township Planning Board unanimously rejected the project, which called for two warehouses totaling more than 537,000 square feet.

The proposal, first submitted by Homestead Road LLC in December 2021, would have turned nearly 90 acres of undeveloped farmland in the town into an industrial complex.

The site lies east of the Route 206 bypass, near schools and residential neighborhoods.

Residents and advocacy groups spent the past four years battling the project, speaking out at hearings and circulating a petition that gathered more than 3,000 signatures.

In their final decision, the planning bo

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