Planning Commission Work Session, September 17, 2026
Recommends approval: Foxgate Mixed-Use PUD rezoning (ZMAP 2025-9), 9-0
What happened
On September 17, 2026, the Planning Commission Work Session recommended approval of Foxgate Mixed-Use PUD rezoning (ZMAP 2025-9) (9-0).
The Loudoun County Planning Commission, meeting in a work session, recommended DENIAL of the Dulles Technology Park zoning conversion (LEGI 2024-56, ZMAP 2024-18) on a 5-4 vote, a data-center project on ~37 acres east of Route 28 by BF Saul Companies.
- Jurisdiction
- Loudoun County, VA
- Governing body
- Advisory (makes a recommendation)
- Date
- September 17, 2026
- Decisions
- 5 zoning decisions
- Outcome
- Recommends approval, 9-0
- Next step
- Final board vote (pending)
Projects in this meeting (3)
Each is its own project; some span multiple hearingsDulles Technology Park zoning conversion
Denied 5-4Dulles Landing South
Recommended 8-0Foxgate Mixed Use
Recommended 9-0Free sample: decision 1 of 5
Approval of July 9, 2026 minutes
Minutes from the July 9, 2026 work session and public hearing approved 8-0-1 with Commissioner Frank abstaining due to audio issues.
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Key Decisions (5)
Approval of July 9, 2026 minutes
Dulles Technology Park zoning conversion (ZMAP 2024-18)
Dulles Landing South rezoning (ZMAP 2023-9)
Foxgate Mixed-Use PUD rezoning (ZMAP 2025-9)
Western Loudoun Recreation Complex moved to work session (LEGI 2025-1)
Full write-ups and conditions for all 5 decisions in Pro.
Zoning Changes (3)
Development Activity (8)
Dulles Technology Park
Industrial
Dulles Landing South
Industrial
Foxgate Mixed-Use
Mixed-Use
5 additional development records with full detail in Pro.
Market Signals (5)
Commercial Demand
Flex industrial is in high demand in Loudoun County with…
Sentiment
Commissioners expressed concern that data centers, as the highest-value land…
Infrastructure
Water capacity via on-site wells and drain fields is a…
2 additional market signals with full detail in Pro.
Who spoke
19 distinct speakers; 16 identified names.
All speaker roles: 7 Commissioner, 3 Applicant Rep, 4 Staff, 1 Applicant, 3 Witness, 1 Chair.
Identified name roles: 6 Commissioner, 4 Staff, 2 Applicant Rep, 1 Applicant, 1 Chair, 2 Witness.
Speaker sample: Ben Wales, Applicant Rep.
15 more identified names in Pro: 6 Commissioner, 4 Staff, 1 Applicant Rep, 1 Applicant, 1 Chair, 2 Witness.
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Meeting audio
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Zoning terms (23)
266 recorded timestamps
- public hearing (37 timestamps)
- mixed use (3 timestamps)
- zoning (50 timestamps)
- planned development (3 timestamps)
- industrial (29 timestamps)
- rezone (3 timestamps)
Decision moments (5)
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