Covering Annandale, Bailey's Crossroads, Lincolnia, and Seven Corners in Fairfax County, Virginia

Residents fighting plans to designate small private road as only access point to new housing development

Brooks Place The Virginia Department of Transportation accepted Brooks Place into the state road system on March 11. That’s significant, because it would legitimize Brooks Place as the only way to access a by-right housing development under construction on Sleepy Hollow Road called Hudson Quarter.

Board of Supervisors defers decision on zMOD

After listening to testimony from 71 people on March 9, the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors deferred a vote on zMOD for two weeks. The board will discuss the zoning modernization project at its March 23 meeting.  Most of the people who spoke raised objections to proposed provisions that would eliminate the special permit requirement … Continued

Zoning board defers action on daycare proposal from Bailey’s Crossroads church

Columbia Baptist Church [Google Maps] The Fairfax County Board of Zoning Appeals has again deferred a decision on an application from Columbia Baptist Church on Glen Carlyn Road in Bailey’s Crossroads for a building addition with a childcare center.  At its Feb. 10 meeting, the BZA agreed to take up the application again on Feb. … Continued

Public urged to comment on revised Annandale design guidelines

Toll House Park on Little River Turnpike. The Fairfax County community revitalization staff seeks public comment on an updated version of the Annandale Urban Design Guidelines. The document provides recommendations for multimodal streets, landscaping, streetlights, and other design elements.   There will be a virtual presentation on the new guidelines on Feb. 11 at 7 p.m. … Continued

Residents speak out against zoning changes that would destabilize neighborhoods

More than 40 people spoke at a Fairfax County Planning Commission meeting on zMOD Jan. 28, most of them opposing new rules that would make it easier to create an Accessory Living Unit (ALU) and home-based business.  By the time the public hearing portion of the meeting was over it was 1 a.m., so the … Continued

Board of Supervisors rejects huge mixed-use proposal for western Annandale

The Board of Supervisors meets virtually on Jan. 26. The Fairfax County Board of Supervisors agreed Jan. 26 to eliminate from the Comprehensive Plan work program for 2021 a huge 575-unit mixed-use project proposed for western Annandale. That project would have been located on Little River Turnpike between Hummer Road and Woodland Road.

Lake Barcroft, Malbrook residents oppose access plan for new houses on Sleepy Hollow Road

The future site of a new housing development on Sleepy Hollow Road. [Larry Golfer] Residents of Lake Barcroft and the Malbrook community are concerned that a new housing development under construction on Sleepy Hollow Road would bring more traffic to neighborhood streets. The Gulick Group has begun clearing land and plans to build 18 new … Continued

Planning Commission endorses a revised redevelopment plan for western Annandale

The site of a proposed redevelopment project on Little River Turnpike in Annandale.  The Fairfax County Planning Commission agreed that a major redevelopment project in Annandale’s west end should be included in the county’s Comprehensive Plan work program for 2021 – with two major changes.  That project calls for 575 multifamily residential units, 156,000 square … Continued

Community members speak out against redevelopment proposals in Annandale and Seven Corners

The Dar Al-Hijrah Islamic Center on Row Street in Seven Corners wants to develop a community center. Local residents spoke out against most of the six nominations for redevelopment projects in Mason District at a Planning Commission hearing last week. The projects have been nominated for inclusion in Fairfax County’s Comprehensive Plan Amendment Work Program for … Continued

Neighbors speak out against senior housing project at First Christian Church in Seven Corners

An illustration of the proposed senior housing project on Leesburg Pike in Seven Corners. Local residents raised some key concerns about a proposal for a senior housing project in Seven Corners at a lengthy Fairfax County Planning Commission hearing Nov. 18.  That proposal – submitted by First Christian Church at 6165 Leesburg Pike – is … Continued