Charlotte County Zoning & Planning

Planning & Zoning

PLANNING

The Planning Commission serves as an advisory board to the Charlotte County Board of Supervisors & is responsible for updating the county's comprehensive plan, reviewing county land use ordinances and evaluating various land use applications. The Planning Commission meets on the fourth Tuesday of the month at the County Administration Office (250 LeGrande Avenue, Suite A, Charlotte Court House.) Meetings are held at 7:30 pm from March through October. All other months, meetings begin at 7:00 pm.

SPECIAL CALLED MEETINGS, PUBLIC HEARINGS & WORK SESSIONS

The Planning Commission will hold a work session on battery storage and solar development with Joe Lerch, Director of Local Government Policy with the Virginia Association of Counties (VACO) on September 27th at 9:00 AM at the County Administration Office, 250 LeGrande Avenue, Suite A, Charlotte Court House. This work session is open to the public and can also be accessed on-line or by phone through Zoom. For Zoom access codes, please contact the County Administration Office at 434-542-5117.

UTILITY-SCALE SOLAR PROJECTS - CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT APPLICATIONS

Charlotte County has received two conditional use permit applications for utility-scale solar projects. The initial staff review for application completeness has been performed and, after submitting additional information and revisions, both applicants have been issued a letter of application completeness. The next step for both applications will be a 2232 review by the Planning Commission to determine if the applications are in accord with the Charlotte County Comprehensive Plan as required by Section 15.2-2232 of the Code of Virginia. Application documents for both projects are available below.

Randolph Solar (800 Megawatt Project):
Application Materials and Interactive Map are available at https://randolphsolar.solunesco.com/community/

MEETING INFORMATION

September 28th, 2021 Packet & Packet Attachment B - DCR Maps
Agenda includes 2232 review of Tall Pines Solar and Randolph Solar to determine if the applications are substantially in accord with the Charlotte County Comprehensive Plan

Meeting Audio Recordings
August 24, 2021

July 27, 2021

June 22, 2021

May 25, 2021

April 27, 2021

March 23, 2021

March 4, 2021

January 26, 2021

December 15, 2020

October 27, 2020

September 22, 2020

August 25, 2020

July 25, 2020 Meeting Audio was not recorded due to technical difficulties

June 23, 2020

May 28, 2020

April 28, 2020

PLANNING COMMISSION MEMBERS

DISTRICT	REPRESENTATIVE	TERM EXPIRES
A - County Seat	Andrew Carwile	12/31/23
B - Wylliesburg / Red Oak	Deborah Haskins	12/31/21
C - Drakes Branch	Kerwin Kunath	12/31/23
D - Keysville	Kenny Howard	12/31/21
E - Cullen / Red House	Cornell Goldman	12/31/23
F - Aspen / Phenix	Clark Poindexter	12/31/22
G - Bacon / Saxe	W.V. Nichols	12/31/23

Town of Drakes Branch	Eugene Wells, Jr.
Town of Keysville	Jim Benn	12/31/24
Town of Charlotte Court House	David Watkins, Jr.
Town of Phenix	Gladys Reid

Representative of the Board of Supervisors	Kay Pierantoni

ZONING
Charlotte County's Zoning Administrator works with the Planning Commission and the Board of Zoning Appeals to promote the health, safety, convenience and general welfare of the public through orderly development in the County. Responsibilities of the Zoning Administrator include providing technical assistance to citizens and businesses and reviewing zoning permit applications, property divisions and subdivision plats to ensure they meet the requirements of all local ordinances. County Administrator Dan Witt serves as the County's Zoning Administrator

ZONING PERMIT APPLICATIONS, ORDINANCES AND PLANNING DOCUMENTS

Zoning Application
Conditional Use Permit Application
Zoning Ordinance
Subdivision Ordinance
Comprehensive Plan
Building Permit Application (See our Permit webpage for more information)
Water Protection