Planning Commission backs comprehensive plan amendment to limit large-scale solar outside M-3 zoning

May 22, 2025

Prince George County Planning Commission voted May 22 to forward a comprehensive plan amendment (CPA-25–solar) that would lower the maximum acreage allowed for large-scale solar facilities outside M‑3 zoning and clarify the county’s preference to site new large-scale solar projects in M‑3 districts.

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The Prince George County Planning Commission on May 22 voted to forward a comprehensive plan amendment (CPA-25–solar) to the Board of Supervisors recommending adoption of revisions to the county’s solar energy facility siting policy. Planning staff presented the amendment as a response to multiple previously approved and proposed solar projects and to implement recent Board direction to limit additional large-scale solar facilities outside M-3 zoning.

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