Gloucester County Wetlands Board: Notice is hereby given of a Gloucester County Wetlands Board hearing to be held Wednesday September 9, 2026, at 6:30pm. The hearing will be held in the Colonial Courthouse, Court Circle - Gloucester, Virginia. All interested parties are invited to attend the hearing and express their views. Citizen comments may also be submitted prior to the public hearing by two different methods:

An online form is available on the County’s website at: www.gloucesterva.gov/citizencomment.  Please follow the instructions on the form to indicate your comments are for this specific public hearing.

Comments may be submitted by US Mail to County Administration, ATTN: PUBLIC HEARING, 6489 Main Street, Gloucester, VA 23061.  Any mailed comments must include your name, your magisterial district, and the title of this public hearing clearly printed at the top, and all such comments must be received by the scheduled date of this hearing.  Please type or print all comments legibly.

Comments submitted through one of these methods prior to the public hearing must be received by the County no later than the close of business on September 9, 2026, and will be read during the public hearing. 

“Form letters,” consisting of communications which are verbatim duplicates (other than the identifying information of the author/submitter) of one or more other communications received by the County pertaining to the matter to be considered at the public hearing or public comment period, shall be read only once per letter, along with the list of persons submitting the same comments pursuant to such “form letter”.

The following applications will be heard by the Wetlands Board:

VMRC 2026-1483 The Island Group LLC seeking authorization for installation of a rock sill living shoreline, sand backfill, and plantings at Tax Map 35-2 in Gloucester County.

VMRC 2026-1620 Melva Franklin Burnett seeking authorization for installation of a Flexamat living shoreline, sand backfill, and plantings at Tax Map 41-4H in Gloucester County.

Interested parties are invited to attend the hearing. Applications may be reviewed in the Environmental Programs Office, 6489 Main Street – Suite 235, during regular business hours.

Rachel Strawn, Chairman

Gloucester County Wetlands Board

Chesapeake Bay Preservation & Erosion Commission