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Board adopts narrow grandfathering for five data-center projects after public concern over "related" language
Summary
Stafford's board adopted a revision to the data-center ordinance (O25-29R) that preserves pre-Oct. 21, 2025 approvals for five projects but replaces an ambiguous phrase with "directly attributable to the approved project" after public and Planning Commission concern about loopholes.
The Stafford County Board of Supervisors voted Dec. 2 to amend the county's data-center regulations to explicitly grandfather certain projects that obtained approvals on or before Oct. 21, 2025, and to tighten ambiguous language that raised public concern.
County planning staff said the proposed ordinance O25-29R would "permit grandfathering for data center projects receiving reclassification or conditional use permit approval from the Board of Supervisors or site plan approval on or before 10/21/2025." Staff listed five projects the county intended to preserve under the earlier rules: Stafford Technology Campus, Potomac Church Tech…
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