Appropriately for the middle of summer, on July 27 the Appeals Court issued two decisions in cases of disputes over access to Cape Cod Bay and its shores. In one the court ruled in favor of residents of Dennis who want to build a walkway to allow them to get to the bay. In the other the Court set limits on their use of the beach.
http://www.socialaw.com/services/slip-opinions/slip-opinion-details/brian-s.-hickey-another-1-vs.-conservation-commission-of-dennis-others-2
http://www.socialaw.com/services/slip-opinions/slip-opinion-details/john-r.-loiselle-trustee-1-others-2-vs.-brian-s.-hickey-others-3
Social Law resources on land use include:
Common & complex waterfront property issues
http://encore.socialaw.com/iii/encore/record/C__Rb1138122
Neighbor & nuisance law
http://encore.socialaw.com/iii/encore/record/C__Rb1120287
Law of the seashore, tidewaters and great ponds in Massachusetts and Maine: under the Colony ordinance of 1641-47 http://encore.socialaw.com/iii/encore/record/C__Rb1000636