Ryan Chadwick has restaurants around the country and plans to open his next one at 211 Main Street, as the Grey Lady Inn, serving New England seafood. It will also be his first bed and breakfast, on a property he described as perfect.

“I’d like to bring it back to its glory day,” Chadwick, who has the property under contract, told the Wiscasset Planning Board Monday night. He plans to paint and reroof the 1845 Greek Revival, former restaurant, inn and tavern, and maybe add a deck later, he said. He’ll keep the building white with dark shutters, he said.

Board member Al Cohen called the building beautiful; and Chairman Ray Soule predicted people will be thrilled about it coming back into use. But at one point in the meeting, the board was unsure it would be able to approve the plan that night.

Members said they might need to wait and decide the application at their next meeting, which Town Planner Ben Averill said would be held Sept. 12. They needed some waiver requests in writing, member Karl Olson said. He cited rules the board and the applicant needed to follow because the last business there had been closed for more than two years.

“Planning boards get bit by not following procedures,” Olson said.

Soule noted the property would have the same use as before; members discussed possibly approving the application with conditions. But Chadwick offered to provide the waiver requests by email that night.

Board members reviewed the criteria and told Chadwick he would need to request waiving a professional land survey with contours. After a 10-minute recess,  Averill handed out copies of the email and the board approved the application.

In a brief interview afterward, as departing board members continued to wish him good luck, Chadwick said he’s dealt with a lot of municipal boards over the years and the process with the Wiscasset board was very easy. “And very welcoming.”

Asked why he chose Wiscasset for his next venture, the southern coastal Maine-raised Chadwick said: “I’ve spent a lot of time in resort towns and small boutique towns. This town has that same energy and feel.  It’s got a lot of charm, a lot of beauty and a lot of character, and the people here have been really, really nice to us so far,” he added.

“We’re not changing anything (about the property) other than cleaning it up. And I think it needs it. And if we can create the destination spot that we can do, we can — not put Wiscasset on the map, because it already is on the map — but I think we can bring a lot of energy into this town.”

He and girlfriend-project partner Emily Siegel, an interior designer, plan to work all winter to get the restaurant and inn open with at least three of the rooms by next summer. As many as three more rooms will follow, Chadwick said. They hope to have the business open year round, he said.

According to information Chadwick gave the town, the Grey Lady in the business’ name is the nickname for Nantucket Island off the Massachusetts coast. He and a “Grey Lady” team have opened Grey Lady restaurants in Nantucket, Manhattan’s Lower East Side, Aspen, Colorado and Montauk, New York, the materials state.

The board told Chadwick he’ll need selectmen’s approval for a liquor license, and a certificate of appropriateness from the Wiscasset Historic Preservation Commission if he decides to add a deck.