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CONTACT INFORMATION: Monday through Thursday, 8 a.m. - 4 p.m. and Friday, 9:15 a.m. - 4 p.m. Please note that visitors may not be added to in-person queues past 3:45 p.m.

703-222-0801 TTY 711

LandDevelopmentServices@fairfaxcounty.gov

12055 Government Center Pkwy
Fairfax, VA 22035

Bill Hicks
Director

Corrections Required: Digital Plan Room (DPR) Instructions

When an application is submitted in the Planning and Land Use System (PLUS), it may be reviewed by multiple departments for compliance with applicable policies, codes and regulations. Required plans and documents are submitted in the PLUS Digital Plan Room (DPR).

During the review process, county plan reviewers may identify issues which require corrections. Issues are comments from reviewers which require an applicant response before resubmitting. Additionally, any issues requiring modifications must have the necessary revised plan and/or document uploaded before completing the resubmission. If corrections are required, the applicant will receive an email with links and instructions to resubmit the requested documents/plans. Any applicable resubmission fees must also be paid prior to completing your resubmission to prevent unnecessary processing delays.

Below are instructions for using the Digital Plan Room to address corrections in PLUS. You may also view helpful videos on the resubmission process on the county’s YouTube channel.

More information on PLUS.

1. Pay Re-submission Fee
2. Respond to Issues
3. Information
4. File Processing
5. Sheet Versioning
6. Review

Pay Re-submission Fee

Login to your PLUS account and click on My Records to view your record list.

Click on Pay Fees Due in the Action column of the relevant record followed by Checkout.

Note: Pay fee balances due on multiple records in one single transaction by checking the box to the left of the record followed by Add to Cart. Multiple records can be added to your shopping cart following the same steps.

Click on Cart at the top of the screen when ready to complete the payment transaction.

Click on Checkout to pay the fees due.

Note: Click on Edit Cart to remove any records from the shopping cart if needed or on Continue Shopping to add more records to your cart before making payment.

Select Pay with credit/debit card (a 2.35% convenience fee will be added) or Pay with e-check. Click Submit Payment.

Fill in the required Customer Information fields and click Next.

Fill in required Payment Information fields and click Next.

Review the Payment details. Click Edit to make changes to Customer Information or Payment Information, Cancel to cancel the transaction, or Submit Payment to complete the payment transaction.

You will receive a payment receipt via email. Additionally, you can click on View Record Receipt to view/print the receipt.

Respond to Issues

Open the record details by clicking directly on the record number on the payment confirmation screen to open the record details.

Note: If Step 2 is not completed immediately following Step 1, the record can be found again in the My Records list or by entering the record number in the Global Search box.

Click on the Plan Room dropdown to expand the list and select Issues.

A comprehensive list of Issues will display. Any Issue with a status of OPEN requires a response. Click anywhere on the Issue line to open the details of that issue.

Open: Applicant response required

Answered: Applicant has provided a response

In Review: Corrections submitted by applicant have been received and are being reviewed

Not Accepted: Correction submitted by applicant did not satisfactorily address the violation or issue

Accepted: Correction provided by applicant satisfactorily addressed the violation or issue

Closed: No longer relevant

The individual Issue details display when you open an Issue.

Click in the Applicant Responses box to open the box. Type in your response and click Save.

After clicking Save the details will close and you will see that the Issue now shows a status of Answered in the list. Repeat the process for each individual OPEN issue.

Click on the Uploads tab, then on Resume in the Action column of the new Review Plan Cycle.

Information

File Processing

Due to an invalid file type when you click Upload and Validate, remove the file by clicking on the "X" to the right of the file and follow the steps above to add the appropriate acceptable file type listed.

If you receive an error message due to a corrupted file when you click Upload and Validate, remove the rejected file by clicking on trashcan icon to the right of the file and follow the steps above to add a file that is not corrupted.

Sheet Versioning

Individual plan sheets must be numbered. PLUS will scan each sheet for title information and assign a sheet number if one can be found. If one is not recognized by the system, you will have to manually enter the sheet number. Additionally, each page must have a unique sheet number and will need to be manually corrected if duplicated. An optional sheet title can be entered for each sheet.

Note: Sheet versioning is a very important step when submitting corrected plan sheets as the sheet number will establish the relationship between the previous versions of a sheet and the updated sheet. The sheet number given to the updated sheet must be the same as the previous version for the system to recognize the relationship between the sheets. If there is no sheet displayed in the Previous Version thumbnail, it is because the sheet number changed between versions. The sheet number should be manually changed to the correct number to match the original.

If the sheet number is not the same, there will be no previous version showing in the thumbnail on the right. To manually search for the correct sheet number, click on the search (magnifying glass) icon and click Select next to the appropriate sheet.

Once all individual sheets are numbered correctly click Continue to proceed to Step 4.

Review