Current Projects

Below is a list of current high-profile projects, as well as proposed amendments to the Comprehensive Plan and the Zoning Ordinance. Detailed information is available under each topic.

• Area Plans Review
  Information about the Area Plans Review (APR) process to consider proposed amendments to the Comprehensive Plan.
  
• Baileys Crossroads Planning Study
• BRAC Area Plans Review (APR)
• 2008 - 2009 North County Area Plans Review (APR)
• Capital Improvement Program
  The Capital Improvement Program (CIP) is a five year guide for creating, maintaining and funding the County's present and future infrastructure requirements.
• Centreville Historic Overlay District 3-D Model
• County Indigent Cemetery Feasibility Study (PDF)
• Exceptional Design Awards
  Sponsored by the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors and administered by the Department of Planning and Zoning and the Architectural Review Board, the Exceptional Design Awards program recognizes achievement in the total design of building and site; and creates an awareness of outstanding planning and design projects among design professions and the general public.
• Lake Anne Village Center Plan Amendment Study
• Lorton/Laurel Hill Property
  On July 15, 2002, Fairfax County received title to the former D.C. Department of Corrections facility at Lorton. The Laurel Hill Adaptive Reuse Citizens Task Force was established by the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors to guide the master planning of the adaptive reuse areas of Laurel Hill.
• Maintaining Neighborhood Character
• Merrifield Streetscape Design Manual
  The Merrifield Streetscape Design Manual (June 2008) provides a new way of cataloging recommended streetscape designs and material choices for the Merrifield area of Fairfax County. Contact the Office of Community Revitalization and Reinvestment, 703-246-6500, for more information.
• Planned Development Districts Amendments
  Information related to zoning districts with few specified requirements, intended to encourage creative development and provide greater flexibility than conventional districts.
• Reston Master Plan Special Study (includes the Reston-Dulles Corridor Special Study)
  A special study to review the Reston-related information in the Comprehensive Plan and consider potential changes to the Comprehensive Plan recommendations for the Dulles Corridor as proposed by multiple Area Plan Review (APR) nominations in the Dulles Corridor during the 2008 North County APR process.
  
• Staff Reports for Proposed Plan Amendments
  Public hearing information and staff reports related to proposed Amendments to the Fairfax County Comprehensive Plan being considered by the Planning Commission and the Board of Supervisors.
• Springfield Connectivity
• Transit-Oriented Development
• Tysons Corner Transportation and Urban Design Study
• In July 2004, the Planning Commission, at the Board's request, deferred all rail-related APR nominations in Tysons Corner pending a Special Study to evaluate the area's transportation system and review Tysons Corner rail related Plan recommendations
• Board of Supervisors' Weekly Agenda Newsletter
• Woodburn Center and Inova Fairfax Hospital Special Study
• Zoning Ordinance Amendments (Proposed)