Planning Division

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Fairfax, VA 22035
Kelly Atkinson
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Staff Reports for Proposed Comprehensive Plan Amendments

The Code of Virginia requires localities to review their Comprehensive Plans at least once every five years. The Fairfax County Comprehensive Plan is evaluated more frequently to manage the dynamic changes in the County and to conduct Plan maintenance.  Plan amendments are initiated by a motion by the Board of Supervisors.  In order for an amendment to be adopted, it must be the subject of a public hearing before the Planning Commission (PC) and the Board of Supervisors (BOS). See the Planning Commission's Meeting Calendar for information about currently scheduled Planning Commission public hearings. The Board of Supervisors must vote to adopt the amendment in order to change the Plan.  

Staff reports for the proposed amendments scheduled for public hearing are listed below. Click on an amendment to expand for more information.

This page contains only Plan amendments for which staff reports have been published.  Please visit the Current Plan Amendments page to view Plan amendments that are under review.

Authorized for Public Hearing

On April 11, 2023, the Board of Supervisors (Board) authorized the consideration of a Plan amendment for 7600 Leesburg Pike, Falls Church, VA 22043, [Tax Map Parcel 40-1 ((1)) 39], located in the Dranesville Supervisor District. The Board requested staff evaluate an option for residential use up to 12-16 dwelling units per acre (du/ac), permitting 122-162 single-family attached dwellings with a maximum height of 50 feet. This Plan amendment is being reviewed concurrently with RZ/FDP 2024-DR-00006, which requests a rezoning from the C-2 Limited Office District to the PDH-16 Planned Development Housing District, 16 du/ac, to construct 139 single-family attached dwellings. Any recommendation for this Plan amendment should not be construed as a favorable recommendation by the Board, the Planning Commission, or staff on the proposed rezoning application and does not relieve the applicant from compliance with the provisions of all applicable ordinances, regulations, and adopted standards.

Planning Commission Public Hearing: Wednesday, September 10, 2025 at 7:30 p.m. 

Board of Supervisors Public Hearing:  TBD

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Staff Report

On April 11, 2023, the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors (Board) authorized Plan Amendment SSPA-2023-I-3J for Prosperity Business Campus (formerly referred to as Sequoia Capital) which comprises a majority of the properties on Prosperity Avenue between Interstate 66 and Hilltop Road in Land Unit D of the Merrifield Suburban Center. The subject site is in the Providence Supervisor District and the Merrifield Community Revitalization Area of the Comprehensive Plan (Plan). The proposal was nominated for consideration as part of the 2022-2023 Site-Specific Plan Amendment (SSPA) process. The Plan amendment considers an option for residential mixed-use redevelopment up to a 1.35 Floor Area Ratio (FAR) on Sub-unit D1 subject to consolidation with Sub-unit D2.

Planning Commission Public Hearing: Wednesday, September 17, 2025 at 7:30 p.m. 

Board of Supervisors Public Hearing: Tuesday, November 18, 2025 at 4:30 p.m.

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Staff Report

Deferred Indefinitely

On March 6, 2018 the Board of Supervisors authorized the consideration of a Comprehensive Plan amendment for 8800 Richmond Highway in the Mount Vernon Supervisor District. Plan Amendment 2018-IV-MV2 considers residential use at a density up to 8 dwelling units per acre for an approximately eight acre area located at 8800 Richmond Highway (Tax Map parcels 109-2((1))18C, 19 and 20) currently planned for private open space. The Board’s authorization requested that staff consider full parcel consolidation and the ability for development to conform with Policy Plan guidance on Environmental Quality Corridors (EQCs), including the demonstration of any circumstances that merit disturbance to the EQC, and the provision of mitigation/compensation measures resulting in a net environmental benefit to the parcels and net benefits relating to most, if not all, the objectives of the EQC policy that are applicable to the proposed disturbances.  The authorization also identified a need for proposed redevelopment to be consistent with the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) widening of Richmond Highway.

Planning Commission Public Hearing: The Planning Commission has indefinitely deferred this public hearing.

Board of Supervisors Public Hearing: TBD

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Staff Report

Staff Report Addendum

Additional Information

All public hearings are held at:

Board Auditorium
Fairfax County Government Center
12000 Government Center Parkway
Fairfax, VA 22035

Persons wishing to speak at the public hearings on these topics may call the Office of the Clerk to the Planning Commission: 703-324-2865, TTY 711, and the Office of the Clerk to the Board of Supervisors: 703-324-3151, TTY 711, to be placed on the respective speakers list or may appear and be heard.

Sign up for the speakers' list online:  Planning Commission  |  Board of Supervisors

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