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The plaintiffs rely upon Winslow v. Holderness Planning Board, 125 N.H. 262 (1984), to argue that the non-residents’ participation “was sufficient to invalidate the [board’s] decision because it was impossible to estimate the influence one member might have on his associates.” Id.

Just as zoning boards act in a quasi-judicial capacity when interpreting a zoning ordinance and determining whether to grant a variance, see Taber v. Town of Westmoreland, 140 N.H. 613, 616 (1996), planning boards act in a quasi-judicial manner when approving or denying a site plan application, see Winslow v. Holderness Planning Board, 125 N.H. 262, 267 (1984) (referring to certain actions of a planning board as quasi-judicial).

Portfolio Group v. Town of Derry, 154 N.H. 610 (2006), or its predecessor, RSA 36:34, see Sklar Realty v. Town of Merrimack, 125 N.H. 321 (1984); Totty v. Grantham Planning Board, 120 N.H. 388 (1980), overruled in part on other grounds by Winslow v. Holderness Planning Board, 125 N.H. 262, 269 (1984).

e.g., Winslow v. Holderness Planning Board, 125 N.H. 262, 267 (1984) (planning board member’s remarks illustrated that he had prejudged the facts of the case before joining the board, which constituted a cause for disqualification); Appeal of Seacoast Anti-Pollution League, 125 N.H. 465, 471-72 (1984) (factual basis existed giving rise to appearance of *306 impropriety wher

B. Conditional Approval PPG refers to our ruling in Totty v. Grantham Planning Board, 120 N.H. 388, 415 A.2d 687 (1980), overruled in part on other grounds by Winslow v. Holderness Planning Board, 125 N.H. 262, 269, 480 A.2d 114 (1984), which held that intervening parties who owned land adjoining that of an applicant could not appeal a board's grant of conditional approval of an applicant's proposal because the decision did not constitute final approval and, therefore, was not appealable.

Cf Winslow v. Holdemess Planning Board, 125 N.H. 262, 266-67 (1984) (discussing case involving dispute between two or more parties with competing interests).

The Town cites Totty v. Grantham Planning Board, 120 N.H. 388 (1980), overruled in part on other grounds by Winslow v. Holderness Planning Board, 125 N.H. 262, 268-69 (2004), to support its proposition that the Board’s determination not to accept the plaintiff’s application was not a final decision appealable to a court of law.

Winslow v. Holderness Planning Board, 125 N.H. 262, 265-66, 480 A.2d 114, 115 (1984).

Winslow v. Holderness Planning Board, *721 125 N.H. 262, 267, 480 A.2d 114, 116 (1984).

Winslow v. Holderness Planning Board, 125 N.H. 262, 266-67, 480 A.2d 114, 116 (1984).

Winslow v. Holderness Planning Board, 125 N.H. 262, 266-67, 480 A.2d 114, 115-16 (1984) (statute provides that board acts in judicial capacity but court distinguishes judicial from quasi-judicial action).

Winslow v. Holderness Planning Board, 125 N.H. 262, 266, 480 A.2d 114, 116 (1984) (holding action of planning board in reviewing application for rezoning “quasi-judicial”).

Levesque v. Hudson, 106 N.H. 470, 214 A.2d 553 (1965) (variance for construction of bank granted where district was already largely commercial), overruled on other grounds by Winslow v. Holderness Planning Board, 125 N.H. 262, 269, 480 A.2d 114, 117 (1984).

RSA 677:10; Levesque v. Hudson, 106 N.H. 470, 475, 214 A.2d 553, 557 (1965) (overruled on other grounds, Winslow v. Holderness Planning Board, 125 N.H. 262, 269, 480 A.2d 114, 117 (1984)).

We have no occasion here to rule on the plaintiff’s assumption that Mr. Fitzgerald would have been subject to disqualification and that his participation after objection would have rendered the council’s action voidable under Winslow v. Holderness Planning Board, 125 N.H. 262, 480 A.2d 114 (1984).