Goochland County meeting summaries, agendas, and minutes

Goochland EDA met in closed session on prospective business; Planning Commission to take up Ashland Road warehouse rezoning

The Goochland County Economic Development Authority voted 3-0 on Oct. 15 to enter a closed session covering a prospective business locating in the community and the acquisition or disposition of real property, according to the meeting minutes. No substantive actions were taken in open session, and the authority approved certification of the closed session unanimously. The minutes do not identify the business, the property, or any terms discussed.

Economic Development Authority

The Oct. 15 special meeting was the only recent meeting in which the authority recorded a vote. Both recorded actions — entering the closed session and certifying it — took place in open session before the body met privately. Because the substance of the discussion fell under closed session, no details on the prospective business or the real property were released in the minutes.

Joint strategic planning session

The Economic Development Authority and the Planning Commission held a joint session on Oct. 15 to discuss a strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats (SWOT) analysis, according to minutes. The summary describes the exercise as a data-collection process intended to inform a strategic plan that would be drafted over the winter for potential adoption in June 2027. No items were recorded under the minutes for that session.

A separate agenda entry for the same date listed a joint work session between the two bodies on "SWOT analysis development." No minutes for that agenda item have been published.

Planning Commission

The Planning Commission also scheduled a special meeting on Oct. 15. The agenda consisted of procedural items and a request to enter a closed meeting to discuss plans to protect public safety with law enforcement and legal counsel, under Virginia Code Sec. 2.2-3711(A)(19). Minutes for that meeting have not been published, so no outcome is established in the record reviewed here.

Coming up

Oct. 26 — Planning Commission public hearings. The commission is scheduled to hear three land-use applications and one deferral request:

• RZ-2026-00003: a request to rezone 10.68 acres at 2308 Ashland Road from Agricultural, Limited (A-2) to Industrial, Limited (M-1) for a warehouse.
• CU-2026-00016: a conditional use permit request for a detached accessory family housing unit at 4380 Riddles Bridge Road.
• CU-2026-00015: a conditional use permit request for a detached accessory family housing unit at 754 Three Chopt Road.
• RZ-2026-00005: a requested deferral of a rezoning application for 10 acres on Maidens Road to Nov. 19, 2026.

Oct. 28 — Economic Development Authority regular meeting. The agenda lists approval of the Aug. 26, 2026, meeting minutes, review of the August and September Treasurer's Reports, and updates on new business, existing business, and tourism. The agenda is made up primarily of procedural items and reports.

All items described above are drawn from official agendas and minutes; readers should consult the posted documents for the authoritative record.

Goochland agendas: 353.9-acre skeet range and sports park hearing, school budget transfer, closed public-safety sessions

All six meetings summarized below are drawn from agendas only; minutes have not yet been published, so this roundup reports what was scheduled, not what was decided.

Board of Supervisors: 353.9-acre sports park hearing

The Goochland County Board of Supervisors meets Tuesday, October 6, 2026, at 2:00 PM at 1800 Sandy Hook Road. The main public hearing is a conditional use permit application, CU-2025-00012, from Virginia Sports Park and Training Center at Goochland for a skeet shooting range and indoor recreation facility. The application covers 353.9 acres on Old Fredericksburg Road north of I-64, Tax Map No. 6-1-0-55-A and part of 6-1-0-57-T, with CUP activity on about 125 acres. According to the agenda, the applicant has requested a deferral to the Board's February 2, 2027 meeting. Whether the Board granted that deferral is not established by the records provided.

School budget transfer and other consent items

The same agenda lists consent items, including an amendment to the FY2027 Goochland County Schools budget: a $600,000 categorical transfer from Technology to Instructional, plus $256,000 in additional State funding, allocated as $227,000 to Instruction, $3,000 to Administration, and $26,000 to Facilities/Maintenance. Other consent items are a Major Thoroughfare Plan contract award, authorization for the County Administrator to execute license agreements for polling places at Randolph and Byrd Elementary Schools, and a donation of vehicles to the Rappahannock Regional Training Academy. The remainder of the agenda is described as routine: minutes, proclamations, reports, appointments, and scheduling notices.

Finance & Audit Committee: FY2026 audit and fund balance

The Finance & Audit Committee meets the same day, October 6, 2026, at 12:30 PM at the County Administration Building, 1800 Sandy Hook Road. The agenda lists an update on the status of the FY2026 audit, review of preliminary FY2026 fund balance figures with a recommended assignment, a presentation of a financial snapshot for the community, and discussion of a capital improvement project and its budgetary impact. It also includes approval of minutes from the June 2, 2026 meeting and adjournment to December 1, 2026.

Closed sessions on public safety

Two bodies scheduled special meetings on October 15, 2026, each with a closed meeting to discuss specific plans to protect public safety under Virginia Code Sec. 2.2-3711(A)(19). The Economic Development Authority's agenda describes discussion with legal counsel and law enforcement officials; the Planning Commission's agenda lists procedural items plus the same closed-meeting request. Because these are closed sessions, the substance of the discussion is not public.

Joint planning and economic development session

The Planning Commission and the Economic Development Authority also meet jointly on October 15, 2026, for a Strategic Work Plan session to develop a strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats (SWOT) analysis.

Coming up

No upcoming meetings are listed in the records provided for the next 14 days. The next dates appearing in the agendas above are the Finance & Audit Committee's listed adjournment to December 1, 2026, and the applicant's requested deferral date of February 2, 2027 for the sports park conditional use permit. Readers should check the county's official agenda postings for confirmation and for minutes once published.

Goochland Board of Supervisors to vote on budget amendments and permit renewals Aug. 4

Goochland County's Board of Supervisors is set to act on more than $19 million in budget transfers and two conditional use permit renewals at its Aug. 4 meeting, while residents await published outcomes from three county board meetings held over the past two weeks.

Board of Supervisors — Aug. 4 agenda

The Board will hold public hearings on two conditional use permit renewals:

• **Short-term rental permit** for a 524-acre property at 3940 Old Stage Road (CU-2026-00006).
• **Biosolids storage permit expansion** at 2801 Chapel Hill Road (CU-2026-00007).

The Board will also consider two budget amendments:

• An amendment to the **Fiscal Year 2027 budget** adding **$83,752** in grant revenue for the Commonwealth's Attorney and Fire-Rescue.
• An amendment to the **Fiscal Year 2026 budget** involving **$19,326,915** in categorical transfers.

Additional items include a presentation on capital impacts, a resolution to amend the FY2027 budget, and consideration of ordinance amendments covering water and sewer connections, animal violations, and service district expansion.

Board of Zoning Appeals — July 20

The Board of Zoning Appeals was scheduled to hear Appeal AP-2026-00005, filed by Big Daddy's Oilville Office Land Holding Corporation, LLC, regarding Plan of Development POD-2024-00019 for 1164 Tricounty Drive. The board was set to determine whether the appeal was timely filed and address the voiding of the plan of development. Minutes from this meeting have not yet been published, so no outcome is available.

Recreation Advisory Commission — July 21

The Recreation Advisory Commission was scheduled to review its FY26 Annual Report and the Director's report. The agenda also included discussion of the Wall of Fame, a Master Plan Recap, and a Recreation Advisory Committee Vacancy. Minutes have not yet been published.

Economic Development Authority — July 22

The Economic Development Authority agenda included a motion to convene a closed meeting to discuss a prospective business or industry that has not yet announced its plans, under Virginia Code 2.2-3711(A)(5). The closed meeting was to be certified according to state code provisions. Routine items on the agenda included the Treasurer's Report, New Business Update, Tourism Update, and Existing Business Update. Minutes have not yet been published.

Coming up

• **Board of Supervisors** — Aug. 4, 2026: Public hearings on conditional use permit renewals, budget amendments, and ordinance amendments. This is the most consequential meeting on the calendar for residents, with votes on land use permits and roughly $19.4 million in budget transfers.

Residents can access full agendas and any subsequently published minutes through the Goochland County official meeting portal.