Land Development Services

The General VPDES* Permit for Discharges of Stormwater from Construction Activities, also known as the Construction General Permit (CGP), will expire June 30, 2024. Per the permit regulations, any operator who was authorized to discharge under the expiring general permit and who intends to continue coverage (i.e., continue land-disturbing activities after June 30, 2024) must submit a new registration statement at least 60-days before the expiration date. Registration statements are submitted via email. A complete and accurate registration statement should be submitted to Land Development Services no later than May 1, 2024. If final stabilization has been achieved, please submit a Notice of Termination. For all VPDES-related applications, including the new 2024 Registration Statement, Notice of Termination, and Transfer Agreement, visit our Forms and Publications Library. For a list of active 2019 Construction General Permits, visit DEQ’s Stormwater-Construction page. For questions or additional information, contact the Site Services branch at 703-222-0801, TTY 711. *VPDES is an acronym for the Virginia Pollutant Discharge Elimination System.  

County staff continue to implement additional improvements to the Planning and Land Use System (PLUS) to serve you better. Check out these new PLUS fixes for Land Development Services (LDS) customers.   PLUS Enhancement LDS Customer Benefit Updates to Building Updated global invoice language and associated notification. Invoices updated to include standard language about the third-party processor service fee when paying by credit card. Updated commercial electrical records. A new data field has been added to commercial electrical records to capture the number of electrical vehicle charging stations (EVCS) included under the application.  Updates to Site Allow plan revisions when the base site record status is “Pending Customer.” Customers will now be able to submit revisions using the “Make Changes” link in PLUS when the base site record has a status of “Pending Customer” whereas previously, the option was not available for this record status. This will allow revisions to be submitted to address comments obtained by other agencies through separate permitting processes such as VDOT or design changes to the architectural drawings submitted under the building permit.   Updated waiver (WAIV) records to add updated code reference at Application Submittal. WAIV records have been updated to include reference code 118-3-3(d)(3) for invasive and non-native vegetation removal and the removal of dead, diseased or dying vegetation in the Resource Protection Area (RPA) when the area of disturbance is less than 2,500 square feet, meeting the criteria of a walk-through submission reviewed by the Minimum Submission Review (MSR) team in the Customer and Technical Support Center. “Pending Customer” status available on additional site record types. Staff will now be able set the site record status to “Pending Customer” when all site record types have achieved technical approval, but additional conditions are outstanding. An automated notification will in turn be issued to the applicant informing them of the outstanding items and necessary coordination.    Added new notification for all minor plan type revisions. A notice has been added to minor plan type revisions to inform the applicant when there is an active conservation escrow on the parent record, that additional replacement documentation or escrow may be required if ownership has changed.   We welcome your feedback on future PLUS enhancements. If you have ideas to improve the system, please take a moment to enter them here: LDS Customer PLUS Feedback Form.