The Madison Heights Master Plan, which will help shape the future of Amherst County’s most populated community for many years to come, recently was presented to the county’s planning commission.
Expressing a need to see the view from at least one property’s viewshed affected by the proposed Piney River Solar Project in northwestern Amherst County, the county’s planning commission voted Thursday to table a special exception permit request.
Utility-scale solar facilities and adding potential zoning rules to regulate them generated heavy discussion among the Amherst County Planning Commission during an Aug. 7 work session.
A special exception permit for a kennel on the 200 block of Old Farm Road received the Amherst County Board of Supervisors’ unanimous approval June 20.