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Board advances revised Comprehensive Plan to public hearing, adds animal shelter language and survey tool
Summary
The Board authorized staff to advertise an April public hearing on a revised Comprehensive Plan that reorganizes chapters, updates maps, adds solar siting guidance (with zoning controls), discusses reservoir feasibility, and incorporates a Planning Commission-recommended animal shelter update noting FINCAS's offer to build if land is provided.
The Northumberland County Board of Supervisors authorized staff on March 2 to advertise a public hearing in April on a revised Comprehensive Plan recommended by the Planning Commission.
County Planner Stuart McKenzie told the Board the Planning Commission voted unanimously on a draft revision in July 2025 and that the draft was reviewed by the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) and the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) in late 2025. McKenzie said chapter order was changed, county maps were updated, and new guidance was added for developers…
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