Planning Office

The Planning Office has launched an enhanced, "live data" version of the Build-Out Analysis - an interactive online tool that provides continuously updated information about the county’s development potential. The new hub site application updates data quarterly - or whenever the Board of County Supervisors adopts a new land development case. The online analysis replaces the print version.

Do hike, paddle or bike in Prince William County? Take a survey from Parks & Recreation to provide input for the Countywide Trails Master Plan. Join Prince William County Parks & Recreation for a public meeting on the Countywide Trails Master Plan. Participants will have the opportunity to provide input for completing the planned public land and water trail network in Prince William County.

On March 5-6, 2025, ULI Washington assembled a Technical Assistance Panel (TAP) to identify strategies to transform the Sudley Road Corridor into a thriving mixed-use corridor that serves as both an attractive gateway into Prince William County and a destination in itself. After two days of stakeholder engagement and deliberations, panelists presented their findings organized into four issue areas.

The Planning Office will host a public meeting on the Thoroughfare Historic Overlay District Initiative on Monday, September 29, 2025, at 6pm at the Haymarket-Gainesville Library located at 14870 Lightner Rd, Haymarket, VA 20169. Planning Office Staff will provide a status update for the National Register of Historic Places Nomination and discuss steps for the creation of the Historic Overlay District.

The Prince William County Board of County Supervisors initiated an update to the County’s Comprehensive Plan that included the creation of small area plans to provide greater emphasis on detailed planning, visioning, economic development, and design guidelines in order to develop plans that represent each small area plan with its own character, vision, and implementation strategy county-wide.

In July 2021, the Prince William Board of County Supervisors initiated amendments to the zoning text and county code to create an Affordable Housing Dwelling Unit Ordinance that would help people with incomes at or below the area median income live in the county while maintaining a basic lifestyle and meeting basic living needs. For more information go to the AfDU web page.

Get the latest information on pending and completed rezoning requests, special use permits, comprehensive plan amendments and more.

Planning Office and Department of Transportation staff attended the 2025 American Planning Association Virginia Chapter Conference in July. Staff presentations topics covered affordable housing, noise ordinances, and other topics.

Shorter Topics Podcast: Episode 5 - Planning for PWC's Future

Prince William County Executive Christopher Shorter recently interviewed Planning Director Tanya Washington for his Shorter Topics podcast. Director Washington talks about her journey into the land use planning field and highlights important Planning Office initiatives such as the recently adopted Affordable Dwelling Unit Ordinance and the soon-to-launch Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance Update.