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Halifax amends zoning to add utility‑scale battery energy storage as conditional use
Summary
The Board adopted a zoning amendment to add utility‑scale battery energy storage facilities as a conditional use in the county’s ordinance; the resolution passed 6–2 with two supervisors opposed.
The Halifax County Board of Supervisors voted on June 30 to amend Chapter 53 of the county zoning ordinance to add utility‑scale battery energy storage facilities as a use subject to conditional use approval.
Planning staff presented the amendment and said the change was timed to comply with a July 1 statutory deadline related to recent state legislation. The planning commission recommended adoption following the joint public hearing; no public comments were received during that hearing on the ordinance change.
The board approved Resolution 2026‑29 to adopt the amendment on a roll‑call vote of 6–2, with Supervisors Riddle and McDow recorded as opposed. The amendment will require future battery facility proposals to undergo the county’s conditional use review process and to meet any conditions the board imposes during that process.
The change places battery energy storage within the county’s zoning review framework; it does not approve any specific battery projects.
