Mountain Road rezone
Case 98-4106
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 - 2026-04-16
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
20 conditions of approval
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Case CUP 2025-00020
DeniedOpen this projectFollow free
Substations - Valco Hanover County 4
Denied 4-33 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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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
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: 6 of 6 (100%) forecasts called in this county.
Mountain Road rezone
Case 98-4106
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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CUP2025-00016, VALCO HANOVER COUNTY FOUR, L.L.C., ET AL conditional use permit
Case 26-165
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 26-174
Continued 4-3Not forecast
freeContinued 4-3
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