The Planning Board approved plans for a new 10-lot, single-family residential development in the northern end of Dartmouth.

The subdivision, named “The Orchard,” would be located at the site of the former Matte Orchard on 787 Faunce Corner Road. Five of the homes would line Faunce Corner Road, and five homes would be connected through a paved shared driveway.

Steven Gioiosa, president of the land planning group SITEC Inc., said much of the 31-acre property is on a pitched elevation, but the east side of the property is mostly wetlands.

The public hearing drew a small crowd of abutters concerned that development on the lot may cause issues with flooding. Because much of the central portion of the property is elevated, storm water flows to the east end of the parcel.

Abutter Marsom Pratt addressed the board, requesting that, if the subdivision plan were to be approved, the developer would have to leave trees in place in order to hinder storm water from flooding into his and his neighbor’s property. He also raised concerns about privacy should trees be removed.

Gioiosa said that would not be an issue because about 22 acres of the property was being set aside as open space. That includes most of the area to the east, a small area to the southwest and the northern area behind the row of homes that line Faunce Corner Road.

Lee Castignetti of the construction company Long Built Homes said the homes in the subdivision will likely have five bedrooms. However, Town Planner John Hansen noted that building houses on that particular lot with more than three bedrooms will require that a nitrogren-reducing septic system be installed or the development of a nitrogen aggregation plan, which would require approval by the Board of Health.

Other specs for the project include modifications to the existing stone wall. Castignetti said stones from the wall that runs along Faunce Corner Road will be adjusted to make way for the six driveways.

Castignetti also noted that, because the apple trees have been largely abandoned for the last decade, the original orchard trees will not be preserved in the process. The group intends to plant street trees as part of the construction process.

The Planning Board approved the subdivision plan, adding that no trees be cut on the east side of the property unless they are cut for the purposes of trail construction.