Hanover County is currently working on the Five-Year Update of the Comprehensive Plan.  The Comprehensive Plan is an analysis of past growth and land development trends and sets forth a statement of goals and objectives with a 20-year horizon for land use, transportation and community facilities. 

Public workshops have been scheduled to solicit citizen input; comments from the meetings will be summarized and forwarded to the Planning Commission for consideration when formulating recommendations to update the Comprehensive Plan. 

The scheduled workshops will consist of the same subject matter and held at various locations and dates to provide options for attending.  All four workshops will begin at 6:30 p.m.   

·      July 27, 2017 at Elmont Elementary School,12007 Cedar Lane, Ashland, VA 23005

·      July 31, 2017 at Chickahominy Middle School, 9450 Atlee Station Road, Mechanicsville, VA 23116

·      August 9, 2017 at Patrick Henry High School, 12449 West Patrick Henry Road, Ashland, VA 23005

·      August 10, 2017 at Lee-Davis High School, 7052 Mechanicsville Tnpk.  Mechanicsville, VA 23111

Copies of the current Comprehensive Plan and information on the 2017 Comprehensive Plan update are available to review in the Hanover County Planning Office, Hanover County Government Building at Hanover Courthouse, Hanover, Virginia and on the website.

Please contact the Planning Office at 365-6171 with any questions between the hours of 8:30 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday.

All interested parties are invited to attend.