Population projections from the Weldon Cooper Center of Public Service at the University of Virginia are based on all manner of statistics including trends on building permits.
Fluvanna County had a U.S. Census count of 27,249 in 2020 and the Weldon Cooper Center projects the population increasing to 28,394 in 2030, 31,523 in 2040, and 35,124 in 2050.
On September 18, 2024 the Fluvanna Board of Supervisors voted to re-adopt a Comprehensive Plan with a handful of changes to three chapters. Now the county is working on a new update intended to increase rural area protections.
On Tuesday, the Planning Commission will hold a public hearing on removing a land use tool that allows for new units to be clustered in a way that concentrates them in one area while preserving open space.
The packet for the meeting contains the latest report on what actual trends have been. (learn more)
In 2020, there were 194 permits issued for single-family detached homes, a number that decreased each year until 2023 when 93 were issued. There’s been a slight rebound this year with 103 through the end of October.
There were 13 permits for single family attached homes, or townhomes, in 2020. There were six in 2021, none in 2022, 15 in 2023, and a dozen so far this year.
There was only one building permit for a multifamily unit in 2020, 5 in 2022, one in 2023, and none in either 2021 or this year to date.
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