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Powhatan commission weighs where to add housing as utilities, data center and rural preservation shape map updates
Summary
At a Feb. 25 workshop, the Powhatan County Planning Commission reviewed Comprehensive Plan map designations and debated where to site attainable housing, citing utilities limits, a five-year goal of 250 attainable homes, and projected water demand from a planned data center.
Vice Chair Bobby Hall called the Powhatan County Planning Commission workshop to order on Feb. 25. Commissioners reviewed work to date on the Comprehensive Plan and debated where to allow additional housing as the county updates its Future Land Use Map.
Brian Haney, deputy county administrator, summarized the Board of Supervisors’ strategic priorities and the Citizens Working Group report, identifying unmet housing needs including affordable rental housing for seniors, mixed-use and mixed-income housing, faith-based rental housing and improving owner-occupied home livability. Haney said achieving attainable housing will depend on factors such as lot size, home size, density and construction…
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