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Whisperwood Cluster appeal denied; board requires similar canopy replacement for removed trees
Summary
The Design Review Board denied Whisperwood Cluster Association’s appeal of a January decision requiring replacement plantings after staff and a complaint-documented review identified removed trees. The board affirmed staff’s assessment and instructed the cluster to submit a replanting plan providing similar canopy coverage.
The Reston Design Review Board on April 15 denied an appeal by the Whisperwood Cluster Association challenging a DRB decision that required replacement plantings for trees removed from common areas.
Sally (Whisperwood Cluster Association president) told the board she and the cluster had received conflicting guidance: cluster staff and published Reston guidelines appeared to say dead trees not shown on a DRB-approved landscape plan are not required to be replaced, while the January decision appeared to require replacements. She asked the board to reduce the number of required replacements and to allow…
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