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Board adopts first phase of data‑center zoning changes and a limited grandfathering resolution
Summary
After weeks of hearings and dozens of public comments, the Board of Supervisors approved a phase‑one zoning and comp‑plan amendment for data centers and adopted a grandfathering resolution with limits, drawing a 5–4 split on key provisions that will allow some pending applications to proceed while subjecting others to further review.
The Loudoun County Board of Supervisors voted on March 18 to adopt the first phase of comprehensive plan and zoning changes for data centers and to enact a limited grandfathering resolution that will allow some active applications to proceed under existing rules while excluding other pending administrative applications from automatic grandfathering.
The items included amendments to the 2019 Comprehensive Plan place types and revisions to the zoning ordinance. The board’s package altered how certain place types are treated and established a grandfathering rule that applies to applications officially accepted by a specified date.
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