Fairfax County Planning Commission

The Fairfax County Planning Commission advises the Board of Supervisors and the Board of Zoning Appeals with recommendations on land-use policies in Fairfax County.

Established on Date established::July 6, 1938, the Commission has 12 members, one from each supervisor district and three at-large members, each of whom is appointed to a four year term.

In response to the opposition of the so-called McHugh Master Plan by six of its members, the Planning Commission was expanded from 11 to 15 members by the Board of Supervisors with the addition of Curtis E. Johnson, Ruthellyn McCormick, Joseph A. Baker and Gilbert Thompson on April 27, 1955.