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Powhatan panel backs six agricultural and forestry district requests; several add cores or create new AFDs
Summary
The commission considered six Agricultural & Forestal District (AFD) applications — approving multiple additions and two new AFDs (Quarterfield and Jones Creek among them) and forwarding advisory recommendations to the Board of Supervisors; recommendations were mostly unanimous, with several 4–1 outcomes where one commissioner raised application adequacy concerns.
The Powhatan Planning Commission reviewed six Agricultural & Forestal District (AFD) applications on Sept. 2 and voted to recommend approval of each application to the Board of Supervisors, after presentations from staff, the AFD advisory committee and several applicants.
Staff and AFD committee members described acreage, contiguous parcels and priority conservation‑area mapping for the requests, which included: Quarterfield (new AFD), a parcel joining Rocky Ford Creek AFD, a Jones Creek AFD creation and several contiguous…
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