PLANNING AND ZONING conditional use permit
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Stafford County Meetings
Board of Supervisors, April 21, 2026
Approves Time limit extensions for Stafford One, GWV Data Center, and Austin Ridge Logistics, 5-1
3h 56m31,953 words
119 mentionsmotion to approvezoningconditional useindustrialrezoningapprovedsetbackshort term rentalpublic hearingdeniedcomprehensive plancommercialland usetraffic studysubdivisionresidentialStafford County, VA
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What happened
Stafford County Board of Supervisors approved a rezoning (M1 to B2), proffer amendment, and conditional use permit for HCA's Stafford Freestanding ER, an 11,000-sq-ft emergency room on 3.2 acres on Warrington Road (Ordinances O26-08, O26-09, Resolution R26-82), all unanimously.
Meeting key facts
- Jurisdiction
- Stafford County, VA
- Governing body
- Final authority
- Date
- April 21, 2026
- Decisions
- 12 zoning decisions
- Outcome
- Approved, 5-1
Projects in this meeting (4)
Each is its own project; some span multiple hearingsStafford Freestanding ER
ApprovedWarrington Road at Banks Ford Parkway and McWhirt Loop, George Washington district · HCA / Spotsylvania Regional Medical Center
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Time limit extensions for Stafford One, GWV Data Center, and Austin Ri
Approved 5-1Open this projectFollow free
Stafford Freestanding ER
Approved5 conditions of approval
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Cardinal Forest Retail
Approved 4-211 conditions of approval
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Free sample: decision 1 of 12
Time limit extensions for Stafford One, GWV Data Center, and Austin Ridge Logistics
Resolution R26-145 extends time limits for rezoning and conditional use permit applications associated with three development projects, all rezoning requests to the M2 zoning district. Stafford One extended to November 25, 2026 (now an industrial use, not data center, going to Planning Commission in May); George Washington Village Data Center extended to November 25, 2026; Austin Ridge Logistics extended to October 30, 2026. Passed 5-1.
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
Stafford County Board of Supervisors approved a rezoning (M1 to B2), proffer amendment, and conditional use permit for HCA's Stafford Freestanding ER, an 11,000-sq-ft emergency room on 3.2 acres on Warrington Road (Ordinances O26-08, O26-09, Resolution R26-82), all unanimously.
Key Decisions (12)
Approved
Time limit extensions for Stafford One, GWV Data Center, and Austin Ridge Logistics
Vote: 5-1
Approved
VDEM FY27 PSAP Resiliency Grant application authorization
Vote: 6-0 (one absent)
Approved
Resolution R26-152
Vote: 6-0 (one absent)
Approved
New IT Acceptable Use Policy
Vote: 6-0 (one absent)
Approved
Stafford County Artificial Intelligence Policy
Vote: 6-0 (one absent)
Approved
Calendar Year 2026 vehicle personal property tax rate
Vote: 5-2
Approved
Calendar Year 2026 tax rates for tangible personal property and service districts
Vote: 4-3
Approved
FY2027-FY2032 Secondary System Six-Year Program (SSYP)
Vote: unanimous
Approved
Stafford Freestanding ER proffer amendment
Vote: unanimousConditions attached
Approved
Stafford Freestanding ER rezoning M1 to B2
Vote: unanimous
Approved
Stafford Freestanding ER conditional use permit
Vote: unanimousConditions attached
Approved
Cardinal Forest Retail conditional use permit (Chipotle drive-through)
Vote: 4-2 (one abstention)Conditions attached
Zoning Changes (1)
M1B2approximately 1.2 acres of M1 (total subject area approx 3.2 acres)
Development Activity (5)
Stafford One Industrial
Industrial
George Washington Village Data Center
Industrial
Austin Ridge Logistics Data Center
Industrial
Market Signals (6)
Infrastructure
Stafford County has five approved data center campuses (31 buildings,…
Commercial Demand
Multiple data center applications continue to flow in beyond the…
Sentiment
Supervisors expressed strong intent to raise the data center business…
Who Spoke (20)
ChairBoard Member · 5Staff · 5ApplicantApplicant's RepPublic · 4
On the record: the chair, 5 board members, 5 staff members, the applicant, the applicant's representative, and 4 members of the public.
Agenda scorecard
Our pre-meeting forecast, graded against the recorded voteZoneWire called 3 of 3 land-use forecasts on this agenda.
PLANNING AND ZONING rezone
ApprovedZoneWire called it
freeApprovedmoved by Deontay Diggs
PLANNING AND ZONING conditional use permit
Approved 5-1ZoneWire called it
freeApproved 5-1moved by Vanouche
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