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Advisory committee forwards two Hancock properties to planning commission for Appleton agricultural district inclusion
Summary
Southampton County advisory committee voted unanimously to forward separate applications from Michael and William Hancock to add adjoining parcels to the Appleton Agricultural and Forestal District, after staff agreed to clarify acreage and attach recorded surveys for the planning‑commission public hearings.
The Southampton County Voluntary Agricultural and Forestal District Advisory Committee voted unanimously to recommend two adjacent applications — from Michael Hancock and William Hancock — be forwarded to the planning commission for public hearings and further review.
The advisory committee reviewed two applications and the mapping in the packet. Jay Randolph of the Department of Community Development summarized the state framework, saying the Agricultural/Forestal Districts Act requires advisory review and, if supported, a public hearing be scheduled at the planning commission level. "In 1977, the Virginia General Assembly adopted the Agricultural…
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