After months of back and forth, representatives behind a controversial home renovation on South Water street presented a new application to the Edgartown conservation commission Wednesday and will be returning to the historic district commission later this winter.

The plans for 81 South Water street first drew ire for their ambitious reimagination of the historic property that was once the homestead of former governor Thomas Mayhew. After several hearings, the project was eventually scaled down and approved by the historic district commission in August on condition the applicant scrap plans for a swimming pool. A few weeks later, the applicant approached the conservation commission with plans for an exercise spa, a water feature slightly smaller than a pool.

The applicant is listed as Goldeneye LLC, a limited liability company connected to real estate mogul David Malm. Another trust connected to Mr. Malm recently purchased the famed Chip Chop property on Lake Tashmoo for $23.9 million.

The South Water street project first went to the conservation commission this September. This time around, project leaders Doug Hoehn and Peter Fletcher presented updated site plans that included chicken wire fencing and privet hedges around the exercise spa, per pool regulations, as well as a top cover. 

Mr. Hoehn also disclosed that the project will be returning to the historic district commission to determine whether the exercise spa will be visible from a public way and therefore subject to the commission’s review again. 

At a recent site visit, project architect Patrick Ahearn said he thought he heard conservation commissioners agree the spa would not be visible from a public way.

“There are no discussions during site visits,” conservation agent Jane Varkonda said. “That did not happen.” 

Updated plans also include the grade of the new proposed foundation and finished basement, the wetlands zone, the FEMA flood zone, and the coastal bank line. 

Neighbors claimed that the excavation work required for a spa and finished basement would cause too much damage to the waterfront property. 

“Collins Cove is such a gentle little cove, but it really gets hit hard by storms,” neighbor Lucy Dahl said. “Would I want to do that to my basement? Well, sure, but…I would never. This house is so precious to me.”

A further historic district commission meeting to continue discussing the project has not yet been set.