Culpeper County Administration Building

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June 2 — Culpeper BoS Meeting (data-center applications)

The Culpeper County Board of Supervisors holds the binding vote on rezonings, special-use permits, and special-exception applications. Culpeper sits at the southern edge of Northern Virginia's data-center expansion corridor; the Brandy Station area along Route 15 and the parcels overlapping the Wilderness Crossing fight with Spotsylvania are the two active fronts. Board meetings run public hearings on land-use items; the agenda packet typically posts by the Thursday before the meeting.

• When. Tuesday, June 2, 2026 at 7:00 PM. [OPERATOR CONFIRM: verify exact start time from posted agenda — cadence-inferred; Culpeper BoS typically meets the 1st Tuesday at 7:00 PM.]
• Where. Board Room, Culpeper County Administration Building, 302 N Main Street, Culpeper, VA 22701.
• Written comment deadline. [OPERATOR CONFIRM: verify written-comment cutoff and submission email from the posted agenda packet. Include the application case number in the subject line.]
• Livestream. [OPERATOR CONFIRM: verify whether Culpeper provides a video stream or recording for this session — availability varies for regular BoS meetings.]

Agenda status

[OPERATOR CONFIRM: pull the specific case numbers (REZ-####, SUP-####, SPEX-####) from the agenda packet posted before the hearing. Confirm whether Brandy Station corridor or Wilderness Crossing-adjacent data-center applications are calendared for this session.]

Active data-center proposals in Culpeper County have concentrated near Brandy Station along the Route 15 corridor, where agricultural parcels are under pressure from rezoning to industrial and heavy-industrial use. Applications in this area typically involve special-exception requests for utility-scale electrical infrastructure and generator backup systems. The Brandy Station battlefield viewshed — a Civil War site under American Battlefield Trust stewardship — is a recurring point of contention in opposition testimony.

At the podium

• 3 minutes per speaker (Virginia standard). Timer visible at the podium; yellow light at 30 seconds remaining, red at zero.
• Cite the case number at the opening: "I'm speaking to REZ-####" or "SUP-####" establishes record clarity.
• Ground arguments in the Culpeper County Comprehensive Plan and Zoning Ordinance. The county's rural-character and agricultural-preservation provisions are the most frequently invoked substantive standards.
• If the item is a special-use permit, the Board can attach conditions on setbacks from agricultural and historic parcels, noise limits, hours of generator testing, and visual screening buffers. Name specific conditions worth adding.
• Testimony referencing the Brandy Station battlefield viewshed should cite the American Battlefield Trust's mapping resources and any prior State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO) comment letters in the record.

Useful background

• The Brandy Station Battlefield — site of the largest cavalry engagement of the Civil War — is immediately adjacent to active agricultural and rural-residential parcels now under rezoning pressure. The American Battlefield Trust holds conservation easements on portions of the core battlefield.
• Culpeper County's Comprehensive Plan designates the Route 15 corridor as mixed agricultural and low-intensity commercial; rezonings to industrial or data-center use require findings of consistency with the plan's rural character and infrastructure-capacity goals.
• Dominion Energy Virginia's Culpeper-area substations serve the county; interconnection queue constraints and transformer lead times are material to approval timelines on large-load applications.
• The Wilderness Crossing fight — centered on the Spotsylvania-Culpeper boundary — has generated coordinated opposition across both counties; prior Spotsylvania Planning Commission and Board records are publicly available and may be cited.

Parking and logistics

• Surface parking available at the Culpeper County Administration Building on N Main Street. Additional street parking on Davis Street and East Street.
• Sign in at the clerk's desk before the public-hearing item is called. The chair calls speakers in sign-in order per application.
• The Board Room is smaller than Prince William or Spotsylvania; early arrival is advisable when significant public attendance is expected.