March 19, 2026
Covering Annandale, Bailey's Crossroads, Lincolnia, and Seven Corners in Fairfax County, Virginia
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Tag: Planning Commission

Planning Commission approves medical building on Evergreen Lane

#health, #land use, #Planning Commission, #redevelopment, #zoning
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The Fairfax County Planning Commission on Sept. 24 recommended that the Board of Supervisors approve the development of a two story medical building on Evergreen Lane in Annandale proposed by Quan Q. Nguyen and Ngan T. Nguyen. The new two-story 5,516-square foot building would replace an old 1,260-square foot one and a-half story house that … Continued

Community group recommends revisions to Seven Corners plan

#land use, #Planning Commission, #redevelopment, #Seven Corners
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The Seven Corners Ad Hoc Community Working Group is finalizing its work on drafting a revised redevelopment plan for Seven Corners and will submit its recommendations to Mason Supervisor Penny Gross and Mason Planning Commissioner Julie Strandlie on June 23. The ad hoc group consists of representatives of community associations in the Seven Corners area. … Continued

Seven Corners residents seek new hearing on redevelopment options

#land use, #neighborhood groups, #Planning Commission, #redevelopment, #Sears, #Seven Corners
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An ad-hoc community working group that has called for redevelopment of Seven Corners with less density than the proposal under consideration by the Fairfax County Planning Commission has asked the commission to delay a vote on the plan. The Planning Commission held a public hearing on a Seven Corners amendment to the county’s Comprehensive Plan … Continued

Planning Commission defers decision on Seven Corners redevelopment

#housing, #land use, #neighborhood groups, #Planning Commission, #redevelopment, #Seven Corners, #traffic, #transportation
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There was lots of discussion at the Planning Commission hearing about the need to retain affordable housing. The Fairfax County Planning Commission deferred a decision on the Seven Corners Amendment to the county’s Comprehensive Plan to July 8. People who spoke at the Planning Commission’s public hearing May 7 were pretty much split among those … Continued

Planning Commission endorses apartments at 5600 Columbia Pike

#Bailey's Crossroads, #housing, #land use, #Planning Commission, #redevelopment
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The Bailey’s Gateway project would replace this vacant office building.  A proposed Comprehensive Plan amendment to allow a 433-unit apartment complex at 5600 Columbia Pike in Bailey’s Crossroads got the green light from the Fairfax County Planning Commission Feb. 4. The proposal calls for a 10-story vacant office building on the 3.8-acre parcel, located at … Continued

Planning Commission defers decision on Spectrum rezoning application

#Bailey's Crossroads, #land use, #Planning Commission, #shopping, #zoning

The Fairfax County Planning Commission on Jan. 22 approved commissioner Julie Strandlie’s (Mason) request to defer until Feb. 11 a decision on Spectrum Development’s rezoning applications for a shopping center on Leesburg Pike in Bailey’s Crossroads. The delay will give Spectrum more time to make changes in its application. At a Planning Commission hearing on … Continued

Planning Commission defers decision on Bailey’s Crossroads retail center

#Bailey's Crossroads, #land use, #Planning Commission, #redevelopment, #shopping, #zoning
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A view of the Shops at Bailey’s Crossroads on Leesburg Pike. [Spectrum Development] The Fairfax County Planning Commission agreed unanimously to defer until Jan. 22 a recommendation on a proposal to allow a retail center on Leesburg Pike in Bailey’s Crossroads. The Board of Supervisors is scheduled to hear the issue on Jan. 27. Spectrum … Continued

Julie Strandlie to succeed Janet Hall on Planning Commission

#land use, #Mason District, #Planning Commission
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Strandlie Mason Supervisor Penny Gross is expected to announce the appointment of attorney Julie Strandlie as the Mason representative on the Fairfax County Planning Commission today. Strandlie would replace Janet Hall, who has served on the Planning Commission for 20 years and plans to focus on teaching skiing to people with disabilities, including the blind, … Continued

Planning Commission endorses school for Bailey’s Crossroads

#Bailey's Crossroads, #land use, #Planning Commission, #schools
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This building is on the site of a proposed apartment project on Columbia Pike. The Fairfax County Planning Commission approved a motion Nov. 5 calling for the Board of Supervisors to approve a county staff report recommending an amendment to the county’s Comprehensive Plan to allow a mixed-use development in Bailey’s Crossroads. There was no … Continued

Markham Street project gets green light from Planning Commission

#housing, #land use, #Planning Commission, #redevelopment, #zoning
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A rendering of the proposed apartment building on Markham Street. The Fairfax County Planning Commission approved Oct. 30 without objection – or even any comments – a recommendation to urge the Board of Supervisors to approve a rezoning application allowing the construction of a mixed-use project on Markham Street in Annandale. The proposal calls for … Continued

Planning commission defers decision on Afghan funeral chapel

#land use, #neighborhood groups, #parking, #Planning Commission, #religion, #traffic, #zoning
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A map showing the location of the proposed funeral chapel. Following a lengthy public hearing on a proposal by the Afghan Academy to build a funeral chapel on a .92-acre lot on Braddock Road in Annandale, the Fairfax County Planning Commission approved a motion to defer a decision until Nov. 20. [Update: On Nov. 5, … Continued

Residents object to proposed funeral chapel on Braddock Road

#land use, #Planning Commission, #redevelopment, #religion, #schools, #shopping, #zoning
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A rendering of the proposed funeral chapel. Residents of Hillbrook-Tall Oaks and nearby Annandale neighborhoods urged the Mason District Land Use Committee Oct. 28 to oppose plans for a funeral chapel on Braddock Road near the Backlick Road intersection. Their concerns primarily have to do with traffic on Braddock Road, spillover parking on neighborhood streets, … Continued

Supervisors approve shopping center in Bailey’s Crossroads

#Bailey's Crossroads, #land use, #Planning Commission, #redevelopment, #restaurants, #shopping

The shopping center site consists of parcels numbered 1-5, bordered by Route 7, Charles Street, Washington Drive, and the Courtland Park neighborhood. [Fairfax County photo] The Fairfax County Board of Supervisors unanimously approved an amendment to the Fairfax County Comprehensive Plan Sept. 23 allowing development of a shopping center on Leesburg Pike between Charles Street … Continued