Mountain Road rezone
Case REZ2025-00023
Approved 6-1Not forecast
freeApproved 6-113 conditions of approval
13 conditions, the audio at the vote, and this case's history
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Hanover County Meetings
Planning Commission Meeting, April 16, 2026
Approves Rezoning for Mountain Road Technology Park (data center campus), 6-1
6h 17m52,063 words
316 mentionsapprovedmotion to approveresidentialcommercialindustrialcomprehensive planpublic hearingrezoningconditional userezonezoningland usesetbacktraffic studydeniedsubdivisiondeferredmotion to denydensityHanover County, VA
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What happened
The Hanover County Planning Commission recommended approval of the Mountain Road Technology Park data center rezoning (REZ 2025-00023) from A-1 Agricultural to M-1 Limited Industrial on 427+ acres in the South Anna District on a 6-1 vote, and approved the associated conditional u…
Meeting key facts
- Jurisdiction
- Hanover County, VA
- Governing body
- Final authority
- Date
- April 16, 2026
- Decisions
- 5 zoning decisions
- Outcome
- Approved, 6-1
Projects in this meeting (4)
Each is its own project; some span multiple hearingsMountain Road Technology Park data center - Marchetti Properties
Denied 4-3U.S. Route 33 (Mountain Road) at the Henrico County line, with frontage on Windchurch Road, South Anna District · TRACT
26 conditions of approval
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Case CUP 2025-00020
Awaiting final voteOpen this projectFollow free
Substations - Valco Hanover County 4
Denied 4-35 conditions of approval
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Deferral of REZ2025-00021 Yowell development
DeniedNortheast quadrant of Yowell Road and Elmont Road · Victor Glenn Yowell
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Free sample: decision 1 of 5
Rezoning for Mountain Road Technology Park (data center campus)
Rezoning of just over 427 acres in the South Anna District on U.S. Route 33 (Mountain Road) at the Henrico County line/Chickahominy River, with frontage on Windchurch Road, from A-1 Agricultural to M-1 Limited Industrial with proffered conditions, to allow a master-planned data center technology park. Applicant/developer TRACT. 17 proffers including buffers (300 ft along Windchurch Road, 200 ft minimum along Grassy Swamp Creek), $15 million water infrastructure contribution, tier-4 generators, transportation improvements, DBC noise limits. Recommended approval 6-1, Abbott dissenting.
- Development in substantial conformance with conceptual plan
- 300-foot buffer along Windchurch Road
- minimum 200-foot buffer along Grassy Swamp Creek
- transportation improvements constructed prior to first building permit
- median U-turn and turn lanes
- tier-4 or better generators in sound attenuation enclosures
- generator testing limited Monday-Friday 8am-4pm
- DBC noise limits
- $15 million contribution for public water infrastructure
- up to 2 acres land dedication
- air-cooled or recirculating cooling, no well or surface water
- recommendation to research DBA/DBC noise standards
- recommendation on Wilson property buffer
The other decisions are listed below by title. The full write-up, verbatim conditions, and the audio at each vote are in Pro.
Meeting Summary
The Hanover County Planning Commission recommended approval of the Mountain Road Technology Park data center rezoning (REZ 2025-00023) from A-1 Agricultural to M-1 Limited Industrial on 427+ acres in the South Anna District on a 6-1 vote, and approved the associated conditional u…
Key Decisions (5)
Approved
Rezoning for Mountain Road Technology Park (data center campus)
Vote: 6-1Conditions attached
Approved
Conditional Use Permit for up to three substations at Mountain Road Technology Park
Vote: 6-1Conditions attached
Deferred
CUP for warehouse over 75,000 sq ft on Lewistown Road
Vote: 4-3
Denied
Rezoning for 38-unit residential development at Yowell Road and Elmont Road
Vote: unanimous
Other
Envision Hanover Comprehensive Plan general land use map amendments briefing
Development Activity (3)
Mountain Road Technology Park
Industrial
Lewistown Road warehouse (151,700 sq ft)
Industrial
Yowell Road / Elmont Road 38-unit residential development
Residential
Market Signals (6)
Infrastructure
The Mountain Road data center would use up to 90%…
Commercial Demand
Strong data center demand in Hanover is drawing hyperscale-oriented development;…
Infrastructure
Multiple recent projects (Ashland Road, Hunting Hawk, Windchurch Road subdivision)…
Who Spoke (20)
StaffApplicant's RepWitnessPublic · 2
On the record: a staff member, the applicant's representative, a witness, and 2 members of the public.
Agenda scorecard
Our pre-meeting forecast, graded against the recorded voteZoneWire called 1 of 1 land-use forecast on this agenda.
This season: 10 of 10 (100%) forecasts called in this county.
CUP2025-00016, VALCO HANOVER COUNTY FOUR, L.L.C., ET AL conditional use permit
Case CUP2025-00016
Approved 6-1ZoneWire called it
freeApproved 6-12 conditions of approval
2 conditions, the audio at the vote, and this case's history
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Lewistown Road conditional use permit
Case CUP2025-00020
Continued 4-3Not forecast
freeContinued 4-3
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