Board approves CUP for convenience store and auto service, moves forward on solar and road abandonment hearings

At its Jan. 11 meeting the Lunenburg County Board of Supervisors approved Conditional Use Permit (CUP) 10‑23, allowing applicant Gurdeep Singh to operate an auto service center and a convenience store with gasoline service, and to site accessory structures. Planning staff presented 17 recommended conditions attached to the permit; one condition (item 14) was revised at the applicant’s request to allow a mobile home to serve as housing for up to four employees for limited periods as described in the conditions. The board held and closed a public hearing on the permit prior to approving it.

The board also agreed to advertise a March public hearing to consider abandoning 0.34 mile of Route 673 (Parsons Lane) after a landowner requested abandonment; VDOT reported storm‑related closures elsewhere in the county but said the Parsons Lane abandonment would not landlock parcels.

Director of Economic Development Taylor King reported the Dogwood Solar project management team held its first meeting and the Enterprise Zone amendment was approved; Assistant County Attorney Drew DiStanislao updated the board that the county currently has a hold on solar facility applications while the Solar Facility Committee and Joint Comprehensive Plan committee review potential amendments. DiStanislao said a proposed House Bill could require localities to allow some solar facilities if statutory requirements are met and that staff will monitor the legislation.

Those development items were handled as part of the board’s regular agenda and followed budget and administrative actions.