The Governor of Virginia, Glenn Youngkin, recently signed house bill (HB) 2660 which affects plan review times at various stages of submittal. Beginning July 1, 2025, some review times will change to comply with this new state mandate. Site Development and Inspections Division (SDID) has taken this opportunity to comprehensively assess all review deadlines assigned for various site record types and made updates for consistency, simplification and to comply with HB 2660.
SDID welcomes your comments and input on the review time changes presented in the table below and the draft first submission policy. Please email any comments to LDS SDID Admin by May 28, 2025. We will also hold a virtual community forum for questions and input on Wednesday May 28, 2025, from 10 a.m.-11 a.m. using the link below:
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We have adopted a tiered approach to simplify review times for various records. Below is a summary of the review times that will apply to new applications submitted on or after July 1, 2025. All days are calendar days unless noted otherwise.
Target Review Time(9)(10)
|
Review cycle |
Tier 1(1)(6) |
Tier 2(2)(7) |
Tier 3(3)(8) |
Tier 4(4) |
|
SP, SD, PI, MSP |
RPA, RGP, DS, SFP, RP, PKS, WAIV, WQIA, SWOD, FDOT, SR, Revisions to Tier 1 plans |
INF, CON, RGP, BATH, FPUD, EP, SAB, SAN, SIP, SR, Revisions to Tier 2 plans |
SDGP, SPGP, Revisions to Tier 3 plans |
|
|
1st Review Cycle |
40 |
30 |
21 |
14 |
|
1st and 2nd resubmissions |
30(5) |
21 |
14 |
14 |
|
3rd resubmission |
14 |
14 |
14 |
14 |
- Tier 1 plan includes: Site Plans (SP), Subdivision Plans (SD), Public Improvement Plans (PI), and Minor Site Plan (MSP).
- Tier 2 plan includes: Resource Protection Area Plans (RPA), Rough Grading Plans (RGP major), Drainage Study (DS), Floodplain Study (SFP), Record Plat (RP), Parking Studies (PKS), Waivers (WAIV), Water Quality Impact Assessment (WQIA), Stormwater Management Determination (SWOD), Fairfax County Department of Transportation Plans (FDOT), Soils Report (SR) associated with Site Plan, Subdivision Plan, and Public Improvement Plan.
- Tier 3 Plan includes: Infill Lot Grading Plans (INF), Conservation Plans (CON), Rough Grading Plans (RGP minor), Bathymetrical Survey (BATH), Floodplain Use Determination (FPUD), Easement Plat (EP), Site As-Built (SAB), Site Sanitary As-Built (SAN), Sports Illumination Plans (SIP), Soils Report (SR) associated with INF plans.
- Tier 4 Plan includes: Subdivision Grading Plan (SDGP), Site Grading Plan (SPGP)
- For Designated Plan Examiner (DPE) plans, the review time for the 2nd review cycle remains either 28 or 14 days, as determined during the Post Submission Conference.
- Review time for revisions to Tier 1 plans will align with review time of Tier 2 plans.
- Review time for revisions to Tier 2 plans will align with review time of Tier 3 plans.
- Review time for revisions to Tier 3 plans will align with review time of Tier 4 plans.
- When Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) is distributed, the review time for SDID will be manually adjusted to 35 days to include 30 days for VDOT review and 5 days for coordination.
- Signature submissions will continue to be reviewed within 5 business days.
First Submission Policy
First submissions are considered “officially submitted” when a minimum submission review (MSR), Gateway Review, or Engineers and Surveyors Institute (ESI) Review has been accepted (when required), and the plan has passed pre-screen review via the Application Submittal task in the Planning and Land Use System (PLUS).
Subsequent submissions are considered “officially submitted” as resubmissions if the scope of the resubmission is equivalent to the prior submission that was reviewed, and if all review comments have been addressed satisfactorily. If substantive changes to the project scope have been made, or design concepts have been significantly changed, the resubmission will be handled as a first submission, subject to Director approval. First submissions will be subject to a new application, first submission fees, and first submission review times.
If more than two years have lapsed since a previous review was completed, the resubmission will be considered a first submission, subject to a new application, first submission fees, and first submission review times.
Plan revisions that significantly change the scope of the project, necessitating a completely new plan review, shall be submitted as a new plan, subject to Director approval.
First submissions are subject to the regulations and policies in effect at the time of submission.
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