Virginia's Loudoun County could reverse grandfathering on data center applications that were in progress when the county removed the by-right rules from local data center projects.
By-right allowed some projects to be approved administratively, but under the new rules, data center applications must go through a public hearing process and require approval from the county’s board of supervisors.
– Sebastian Moss
The new rules had included a grandfather clause, allowing all applications submitted before the removal to be evaluated under the regulations in place at the time, provided they were more than 500 feet away from residential units and were still “diligently pursued” during review.
On Tuesday, however, the board of supervisors considered a motion to reverse the grandfathering, proposed by supervisors Juli Briskman and Laura TeKrony.
