Board approves Transformation Temple special-use permit for Davis Ford site after daylong debate; 5-3 vote

Prince William County supervisors approved a special-use permit for Transformation Temple International Church on March 9, 2025, after a day of public testimony and staff presentations. The 5–3 vote authorizes a roughly 18,416-square-foot sanctuary and related facilities on a 4.3-acre parcel along Davis Ford Road in the Occoquan magisterial area. The motion to approve the SUP with conditions dated March 4, 2025, was made by Vice Chair Bailey and seconded; the final tally was 5 in favor and 3 opposed.

The permit allows a sanctuary sized and arranged to seat 208 worshippers and requires the applicant to meet a list of conditions the county said would reduce local impacts. Planning staff and county reviewers told the board the application had been revised repeatedly, and that county, state and subject-matter reviewers had signed off on the technical elements required for final site plan approval.

Why it matters: The property is within a semi-rural corridor and is near environmental resource areas and a drainage swale that ultimately flows toward the Occoquan Reservoir. Opponents warned the board the size and intensity of the proposed facility did not fit the surrounding single-family neighborhoods and said the parcel had earlier been judged too small to support a single-family house. Supporters said the church already provides social services and charitable programs and had worked with county engineers to…