Planning Report 01 09 2026

Planning Report – Seton Hall Preparatory School, Health and Fitness Center January 9, 2026 700 Prospect Avenue, Township of West Orange, NJ John McDonough Associates, LLC Land Use Planning · Landscape Architecture 8 101 Gibraltar Drive, Suite 1A, Morris Plains, NJ 07950 · Phone: 973.222.6011 · Fax: 973.786.6537 The school is an inherently beneficial use which carries extreme weight in the statutory balancing test. For all the reasons set forth in this report, the proposed modifications will constitute an improvement to the existing athletic facility, and will integrate well with the neighborhood, and the community. It will have minimal, if any, negative effects. From a land use planning standpoint, the application satisfies the four-prong balancing test under Sica v. Board of Adjustment of the Township of Wall. The application also satisfies the balancing test of Pullen v. Township of South Plainfield Planning Board, 291 N.J. Super. 1, 676 A.2d 1095 (App. Div. 1996). Therefore, the statutory criteria for grant of use relief are met, and approval is warranted.