Planning Commission

Comp Plan focus of community meeting

This week Chesterfield’s Board of Supervisors held a public hearing to get input on the new draft countywide comprehensive plan. There are a number of directions which Chesterfield County Board of Supervisors (BOS) could choose to handle the comp plan after hearing input at this week’s public hearing.

Committee looks at banner policy

After numerous complaints to Chesterfield’s Board of Supervisors concerning violations by business owners who put up banners in front of their businesses, Chairman Art Warren instructed planning staff to form a committee to address enforcement of possible violations.

Comp. plan through Planning Commission early

The Chesterfield County planning commission turned over the comprehensive plan to the Board of Supervisors last week, completing it ahead of time by one month.

Walmart seeks additional hours for Black Friday

A public hearing for an additional seven hours for Walmart will be heard at the Chesterfield County Planning Commission during its meeting next Tuesday, October 18.

Residents feel ‘misled’ in renovation process of Ettrick-Matoaca Library

Numerous Matoaca District residents are opposing the renovation process of their Ettrick-Matoaca Library on River Road; many feel they are “misled” on the whole ordeal, according to Matoaca resident Edgar Wallin during Thursday night’s public input meeting at the library– the second, and the last, of the public meetings.

Commissioners continue draft comp plan review

As planning commissioners continue their review of the comprehensive plan, they looked at the housing portion of the plan during last week’s work session. As the group worked their way line by line through the section the issue of home occupations arose.

Comp Plan twists and turns on its way to BOS

The draft plan for Chesterfield is weaving its way through the many areas of county property, infrastructure and economy issues as its being readied for Board of Supervisors’ review and approval.

Commissioners edit comprehensive plan

The Chesterfield County Planning Commission has been reviewing the county’s draft comprehensive plan, and while they have been charged by the Board of Supervisors to make their revisions to the plan before presenting it to them in July, their edits, if approved by the Board, could make the document quite different from the one built by the steering committee and presented in community meetings in recent months.

Planning Commission calls for restructuring comprehensive plan

The Planning Commission held its second work session to review and offer edits to the draft of the new countywide comprehensive plan. On Tuesday last week, before getting presentations of elements of the plan, including transportation, economic development and housing policy, the commission railed against the way the plan was structured.

PRAC gets deeper look at draft comp plan

The Parks and Recreation Advisory Commission will take a closer look in the coming months at areas of the draft comprehensive plan that deal heavily with parks and recreation.