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Henry County adopts updated comprehensive plan after two‑year review
Summary
After a two‑year update process led with Berkeley Group, the Henry County Board of Supervisors adopted an updated comprehensive plan that guides land use, transportation and catalyst projects; planner Ben Tripp said the plan is guidance, not law, and the board approved it following a public hearing with no speakers.
Henry County supervisors voted to adopt an updated comprehensive plan following a two‑year planning process and a public hearing at the May 26 meeting.
"The comprehensive plan is a long range planning document and a decision‑making guide," Benjamin Tripp, senior planner for the Berkeley Group, told the board. He described the plan’s three parts—vision, data and engagement—and noted implementation matrices that include catalyst projects intended to spur visible progress.
Tripp said the plan had been through public workshops, planning‑commission review and public posting; no members of the public chose to speak during the board’s public hearing. "This is the last step," he said, noting the document is guidance and does not have enforcement power under the Code of Virginia.
On a motion from a supervisor, the board adopted the updated Henry County comprehensive plan as presented; the vote carried '5 with 1 absent.' Board members thanked participants and staff for the two‑year process.
The plan now serves as the county’s framework for future zoning and capital‑improvement decisions and will be used to guide updates to the zoning and subdivision ordinances and other implementation tools. Staff said regular updates are possible in subsequent years if the board chooses to revisit parts of the plan.
