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Commission recommends approval of telecom compound expansion, requests screening and maintenance conditions

Fauquier County Planning Commission · January 21, 2026
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Summary

The commission voted to forward a special-exception request (SPEX-25-025778) to expand an existing fiber-optic facility leased from a local church; staff and the applicant said the expansion stays within the leased area and no traffic increase is expected, and commissioners emphasized landscape screening, long-term maintenance and monthly inspections.

The Planning Commission voted Jan. 21 to forward a special-exception application to expand an existing fiber-optic inline-amplifier (ILA) compound in Warrenton to the Board of Supervisors with a recommendation of approval, while emphasizing screening and maintenance conditions.

Staff told the commission the existing facility (approved in 2019) is on leased church property adjacent to Lee Highway, occupies…

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