Plats & Plans subgroup says draft reforms will reorganize site-plan rules to improve predictability

Aug 18, 2026

Representatives from the Virginia Municipal League and Home Builders Association told the Code Commission the Plats & Plans subgroup has largely negotiated key points and is reorganizing statutory language (including 15.2 provisions) to standardize terminology and streamline local site-plan and subdivision review; a September work session was scheduled to produce a near-final draft.

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Michelle Gaddy of the Virginia Municipal League and Andrew Clark of the Home Builders Association of Virginia updated the commission on efforts to tidy statutory language governing plats, site plans and subdivision review.

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