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Board OKs Benedictine Schools' request to raise on-site combined occupancy to 1,500

5534323 · August 6, 2025
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Summary

Supervisors approved an amendment to the school's conditional-use permit to raise maximum combined on-site occupancy from 935 to 1,500 and to clarify temporary-event exemptions; approval subject to existing water, septic, safety and parking conditions.

The Goochland County Board of Supervisors approved an amendment to Conditional Use Permit CU-2023-00005 for the Benedictine Society of Virginia, increasing the maximum combined on-site occupancy from the currently allowed 935 people to 1,500, while clarifying that certain temporary events would be exempt from the limit.

Deputy Administrator Josh Gillespie described the existing condition as limiting campus population to 550 students, 115 teachers/employees, 20 monks and 250 church seats (a total of 935). The proposed…

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