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Board approves Dominion Energy expansion at Coal Landing substation with drainage and screening conditions
Summary
The Board approved rezoning 1.349 acres to M-1 and a conditional-use permit for a 2,000 sq ft expansion at the Coal Landing substation, including a taller backbone transmission structure (up to 77 ft) and 12-ft security fencing. Proffers require landscape screening and stormwater/culvert upgrades; the board voted 6–0.
Planning staff presented a request from Virginia Electric & Power Company (Dominion Energy) to reclassify 1.349 acres from A-1 (agricultural) to M-1 (light industrial) and to grant a conditional-use permit to expand the existing Coal Landing electrical substation. Amy Taylor, planning staff, said the expansion (roughly 2,000 square feet) would accommodate replacement equipment, a new transmission-support ("backbone") structure approximately 74–77 feet tall and a replacement security fence increased to 12 feet to meet modern security requirements. Taylor said the expansion will be located in the southwest corner of the existing fenced compound, that the site predates county zoning and is an…
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