Current Operations for Office Visits
Effective: November 15, 2021 - The Virginia Beach Planning Department will close the customer service counter on Mondays and Thursdays to walk-in customers. The counter will be open for all walk-in customers Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Fridays from 8 AM to noon, and then from 1 to 4:30 PM (to allow for payment processing).
Staff continues to encourage applicants to continue to complete their CBPA Variance Application online via
Accela Citizen Access.
Those without access to the internet may drop off their CBPA Variance Application at 2875 Sabre Street, Suite 500. The entire submittal package including application, exhibit/s, WQIA, disclosure statement and processing fees (fees in a sealed envelope, checks payable to Treasurer, City of Virginia Beach) may be dropped off in the reception area Monday thru Friday, 8:00 am - 5:00 pm or anytime in the City Treasurer’s Drop Box located outside of the building in front of the lobby. Please address the envelope to Ms. Shannon Heederik, Department of Planning & Community Development.
A CBPA Application Checklist is below including links to the required forms and Accela Citizen Access Submittal Process insructions.
Applicants will be notified by phone or email if additional information is necessary to continue processing of all applications, regardless of submittal method.
Application Filing Deadline
The Deadline for filing
an application to be heard by the CBPA Board is prior to the 1st
of each month to be heard at the following month’s hearing if the
application is complete.
Application Filing Fees
The filing fees must be made payable to the City Treasurer.
*The costs of the public notice sign(s), legal advertisements in the Virginia-Pilot/Beacon, and the postage for mailing of requirement notices to property owners adjacent to the subject site is required in the Commonwealth of Virginia. Most recently notification fees were variable and based on the number of signs required, number of adjacent property owners and the amount of text in the legal notice and could not be assessed and paid until after the application fee was paid. Effective October 1, 2017, a flat fee for the CBPA public notice will be implemented and will be paid at the same time as the Board application fee.
CBPA Meeting Times & Location
The City of Virginia Beach Chesapeake Bay Preservation Area (CBPA) Board will hold Public Hearings in person, the fourthMonday of every month, in the New Council Chamber - 2401 Courthouse Drive, Building 1, at the Virginia Beach Municipal Center. For a list of additional meeting dates, please refer to the 2023 Agendas & Minutes tab below.
An informal session will be held at 9:00 a.m. at the same location. During the informal session, Staff briefs the Board on agenda items. All interested persons are invited to attend. There is no opportunity for citizenry to speak at the briefing session; however, the public is invited to speak at the 10:00 a.m. formal CBPA Board Public Hearing that follows.
For information or to examine copies of the proposed plans, ordinances, amendments and/or resolutions are on file and may be examined by appointment in the Planning Department at 2875 Sabre St, Suite 500, Virginia Beach, VA 23452 or online at www.vbgov.com/cbpa. For information call
757-385-4621![]( "Call: 757-385-4621")
. Staff Reports will be available on the webpage 5 days prior to the meeting.
If you require a reasonable accommodation for this meeting due to a disability, please call the Department of Planning & Community Development at
(757) 385-4621![]( "Call: (757) 385-4621")
. If you are hearing impaired, you can contact Virginia Relay at 711 for TDD service.
- The formal hearing is held the fourth Monday of every month at 10:00 a.m..
- Citizens are invited to observe the informal briefing at 9:00 a.m., in the City Manager's Conference Room 2034, immediately before the formal hearing.