In a recent opinion, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court in South Bethlehem Associates v. Zoning Hearing Board of Bethlehem Township, 294 A.3d 441 (Pa. 2023) established that a party appearing before a local zoning board cannot subsequently seek judicial review of a variance request granted by the local zoning board unless that party is deemed an aggrieved party. Specifically, the Supreme Court in South Bethlehem Associates clarified that a party will not qualify as aggrieved solely because their business will someday compete with the future business of the party requesting a zoning variance.