The end is near for AC44, the name given to the update of Albemarle County’s Comprehensive Plan. The document provides overarching guidance for growth and development, including continuation of a policy that restricts growth to about five percent of the county’s landmass.
Albemarle County did not hire a consultant to write the update process and instead took on the project inhouse. The last plan was adopted in June 2015 and Supervisors officially began the review in November 2021.
The Board of Supervisors is scheduled to adopt AC44 on October 15 after a public hearing. The Planning Commission had their public hearing on October 2 and got some community engagement figures from Ben Holt, a long range planner for Albemarle County. In all there were four phases…