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Board initiates review of Settler Place land-use change to allow roughly 181 units; motion passes 5–1
Summary
Planning staff recommended initiating a Comprehensive Plan Amendment (CPA) to change about 5 acres from industrial to mixed-use and a companion rezoning to allow approximately 181 residential units; the board voted to initiate further study, passing the motion 5–1 (Supervisor Stewart opposed).
Planning Director Tanya Washington introduced Ahmed Bezat from the countywide planning team, who presented a preliminary analysis asking the Board to initiate CPA-2026-001 for Settler Place in the Brentsville district. Bezat described a request to change approximately 5 acres of long-range land use from industrial (I3) to mixed use (MU3) and an accompanying rezoning to plan mixed residential that would allow roughly 181 dwelling units.
Bezat told the board the parcel sits near the Knoxville Road and Linton Hall Road intersection and is within the Bristow activity center, where staff generally prioritize walkable mixed-use development. Supervisor Gordy and other supervisors asked about adjacent transmission-line routing; planner David McGettigan stated the long-range land-use change would not affect Dominion Energy's selection of transmission routes. After questions and brief discussion about buffers and transitions from industrial to residential uses, Supervisor Gordy moved to initiate the CPA; the motion passed 5–1 with Supervisor Stewart voting nay.
