Warren County Comprehensive Plan
The Comprehensive Plan is the County's official policy guide for future development related decisions. The Plan is long-range in nature, and provides a picture of how the community wishes to develop over the next 15 to 20 years.
As a policy document, the Plan provides a framework for the County's residents and decision makers to conceptualize how the County should look and function. Within each chapter of the Plan, there are implementation strategies identified. All or some portion of the strategies may be implemented to accomplish the goals and objectives for any particular topic addressed in the Plan. The major purposes of the Comprehensive Plan are:
Provide a guide for the numerous public and private decisions that will create the future County.
Promote the interests of the community as a whole.
Enhance, describe, and promote the County's physical environment.
Develop a coordinated, well-planned system of public services.
Evaluate short-term actions against long-term goals.
Recognize the natural resources, historical, and architectural significance of Warren County and the surrounding area so that they can be more effectively preserved, protected, and integrated into an orderly pattern of development.
Fulfill the legal requirement of Chapter 11, Title 15.1 of the Code of Virginia.
The overall goal of the comprehensive plan is to: Maintain and enhance the quality and character of Warren County's natural and man-made environment by promoting the efficient use and conservation of the County's land and natural resources in order to effectively meet the social and economic needs of present and future citizens.
Below you will find links to the components of the plan. These components have been broken out by chapter, in PDF form, for easy readability and printing. The maps associated with each chapter have also been included.
Chapter 1: Regional Setting - History
Chapter 2: Demographics and Growth Trends
Chapter 3: Natural Resources
Map 3.1: Region Location
Map 3.2: Generalized Slope
Map 3.3: Soils Suitability for Septic Systems
Map 3.4: Generalized Soil Types
Map 3.5: Soil Suitability for Agriculture
Map 3.6: Stream Drainage Basins
Map 3.7: Groundwater Contamination
Map 3.8: Generalized Geology
Map 3.9: Generalzed Geology of Virginia
Map 3.10: Mineral Resources
Map 3.11: Soil Suitability for Woodland
Map 3.12: Development Constraints
Map 3.13: Dam Locations
Chapter 4: Growth Management and Land Use
Map 4.1: Generalized Existing Land Use
Urban Development Areas
Map 4.2: Generalized Future Land Use
Map 4.3: Future Land Use - Rt. 340/522 Corridor
Chapter 5: Community Facilities
Map 5.1: Parks and Recreation Facilities
Map 5.2: Education Facilities
Map 5.3: Fire and Rescue Service Areas
Map 5.4: Other Community Facilities
Map 5.5: Boat Landings
Chapter 6: Economic Development
Chapter 7: Infrastructure
Map 7.1: Public Water and Sewer Facilities
Map 7.2: Traffic Volumes
Map 7.3: Functional Road Classification
Map 7.4: Proposed Highway Improvements
Map 7.5: Route 340/522 Corridor Transportation Plan
Chapter 8: Implementation