Land Development Services (LDS) recently launched a new Proffer/Development Condition module in the Planning and Land Use System (PLUS). Proffers and development conditions are additional requirements to mitigate the impacts of an application (e.g., a development condition for a turn lane or traffic signal necessary to mitigate the impacts of the traffic pattern generated by that development). Proffers and development conditions are established during the Board of Supervisors rezoning approval process and other types of entitlement cases processed by the Department of Planning and Development (DPD). Many proffers and development conditions must be addressed prior to or at the time of certain construction milestones. LDS verifies and confirms compliance of any proffers that affect site or building plans and permits issued by LDS.

The Proffer/Development Condition module in PLUS will help support tracking proffers and development conditions approved on entitlement cases, and significantly, will readily relate those conditions to associated site and building records. This system will ensure that applicable proffers and development conditions are flagged at key milestones and appropriately monitored and enforced by staff, furthering our goal of managing all development related activities in one comprehensive system.

While the Proffer/Development Condition module is now visible to customers in PLUS, it is in a beta testing mode. Specific entitlement cases will be piloting the module, in close coordination with staff from LDS and the DPD. We expect to open up the Proffer/Development Condition module to all new entitlement cases in the coming months. Until then, unless you’ve been contacted by staff for participation in the pilot, please continue to follow the proffer compliance process outlined here: https://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/landdevelopment/proffer-compliance. Once the beta testing mode is complete and a date has been confirmed for the full release of the Proffer/Development Condition module, additional updates and information will be provided.