Buddhist Temple, 1 Sycamore Lane
Description
Conversion of a single-family home into a Buddhist temple with temple, artifacts building, pavilion, bridge, and parking — much of it inside the wetlands buffer. The hearing was adjourned to December 2, 2026.
Impact summary
Buildings would sit about 10 feet from delineated wetlands, with parking 9.8 feet from a street — the kind of encroachment that draws close environmental scrutiny.
Applicant
- Name
- Dro Gah Sang Foundation Corp.
- Address
- 1 Sycamore Lane, White Plains, NYSee this on the map
At a glance
- Hearings
- 4
- Public comments
- 0
- Total mentions
- 5
Last vote
Discussed at 1 meeting in the last 60 days; most recently Nov 4, 2026.
Meeting timeline (5)
Agenda - Nov 4, 2026
Conversion of a single-family home into a Buddhist temple with temple, artifacts building, pavilion, bridge, and parking — much of it inside the wetlands buffer. The hearing was adjourned to December 2, 2026.
Agenda - Jul 1, 2026
A proposal to convert a single-family home into a Buddhist temple with an artifacts building, pavilion, bridge and parking, requiring wetlands buffer and parking variances. The board adjourned it to September 2, 2026.
Agenda - May 6, 2026
A plan to convert a single-family property into a Buddhist temple with an artifacts building, pavilion and bridge — much of it inside the wetlands buffer — was pushed to June 3.
Agenda - Apr 1, 2026
A plan to convert a single-family home into a Buddhist Temple with several new structures, much of it inside the wetlands buffer. Hearing moved to May 6.
Agenda - Jan 7, 2026
Temple and accessory buildings on an environmentally sensitive site, encroaching on the wetlands buffer; adjourned to February 4.
Related issues (3)
Buddhist temple on environmentally sensitive Sycamore Lane site
The proposed Buddhist Temple at 1 Sycamore Lane needs variances to build within the 100-foot wetlands buffer and to make up a 10-space parking shortfall. The case was pushed to October 7, so neighbors near the wetlands site will weigh in next month.
Proposed Buddhist temple at 1 Sycamore Lane
A proposal to convert a single-family property into a Buddhist temple with multiple accessory buildings, most of it inside the 100-foot wetlands buffer. Neighbors and environmental impacts are likely flashpoints when the hearing resumes December 2.
Buddhist Temple at 1 Sycamore Lane
The Dro Gah Sang Foundation wants to turn a 4-acre residential property into a Buddhist temple complex. An independent wetlands consultant found the project likely won't significantly harm the site's wetlands and could actually improve them if an old paddle tennis court is removed and native plantings expanded.
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