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Neighbors prompt 30-day pause on proposed Oceana bulk storage yard near Progress Lane

Virginia Beach Planning Commission informal session · January 14, 2026
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Summary

After several residents testified about loss of wooded buffer, truck movements and chain-link fencing, the Planning Commission voted 10-1 to defer for 30 days a conditional use permit for a bulk storage yard at 464 Progress Lane to allow the applicant and staff time to explore site-design changes and additional mitigation.

The Planning Commission on Jan. 14 voted to defer for 30 days a conditional use permit application from Oceana Development LLC for a proposed bulk storage yard and associated office/warehouse at 464 Progress Lane after multiple neighbors testified in opposition.

Applicant Greg Schmidt (Kinley Horn) described the proposal as a contractor laydown yard and a 30,000-square-foot office/warehouse intended to store construction materials such as reinforced concrete pipe, storm drainage inlets and plastic piping for temporary staging. Schmidt said the site is…

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