Plan to attend the Goochland BOS meetings on Tuesday October 7, at 3PM and 6PM. Both meetings will allow 3 minutes of public comment so choose the option that works best for you. Goochland Admin Building, 1800 Sandy Hook Rd, Goochland, VA 23063
Background: On 9/25/2025, the Goochland Planning Commission voted 3-2 to approve the TOD Overlay amendment with the recommendation that the Board of Supervisors consider:
- Energy generation facilities (SMRs, Gas Peaking, etc) be by CUP only
- In current A2 zoned spaces, data centers should be allowed adjacent to residential lots with 500 foot buffer (instead of 300) with CUP required for less.
- Limiting height for data centers next to residential lots to 80 feet
- Reducing decibel levels to lower than 65/day and 60 /night (no specific recommendation set and no addressing generator testing
Residents in attendance were vocally unhappy and called out to the commission during their discussion. At one point, the planning commissioner for district 4, Curt Pituck shouted “I don’t have to explain myself to you!” As you can imagine, that didn’t go over well.
You can also Email your comments to: BOSCOMMENT@GOOCHLANDVA.US Please keep your communications logical and civil – these are public servants and you are asking them to consider deferring or voting against a proposal. Ranting won’t make a difference, but showing them the negative impact could.
The Board of Supervisors will vote on the TOD on November 7th, 2025.
