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Margaret Jackson: construct 50 linear feet of bulkhead (Fleets Cove)

  1. Wetlands Board hearing (county’s record, Oct 13)Oct 13

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In plain words

Margaret Jackson (V.M.R.C. #26-1461) has asked to construct 50 linear feet of bulkhead along the shoreline of Fleets Cove and Tax Map Parcel # 18-(1)-77-B on Stoney Road.1 The Northumberland County Wetlands Board decides the request, which is one of five applications for wetland and/or coastal primary sand dune and beach permits.2 The Wetlands Board will hold a public hearing on Tuesday, October 13, 2026, commencing at 5:00 P.M.2

Summarized from the county’s records, October 14.

Where each sentence comes from
  1. “Request by Margaret Jackson (V.M.R.C. #26-1461) to construct 50 linear feet of bulkhead along the shoreline of Fleets Cove and Tax Map Parcel # 18-(1)-77-B on Stoney Road.”The matter as the records title it
  2. “the Northumberland County Wetlands Board will hold a public hearing” … “to consider the following application for wetland and/or coastal primary sand dune and beach permits” … “on Tuesday, October 13, 2026, commencing at 5:00 P.M.”Wetlands Board Public Hearing - Requests by Antonelli, Busico, Jackson, Robins & · full text

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The official wording

Request by Margaret Jackson (V.M.R.C. #26-1461) to construct 50 linear feet of bulkhead along the shoreline of Fleets Cove and Tax Map Parcel # 18-(1)-77-B on Stoney Road.

Words the law defines

  • Wetlands board
    “‘Wetlands board’ or ‘board’ means a board created pursuant to § 28.2-1303.”

    Code of Virginia § 28.2-1300, Chapter 13. Wetlands

  • Coastal primary sand dune
    “‘Coastal primary sand dune’ or ‘dune’ means a mound of unconsolidated sandy soil which is contiguous to mean high water, whose landward and lateral limits are marked by a change in grade from ten percent or greater to less than ten percent, and upon which is growing any of the following species: American beach grass (Ammophila breviligulata); beach heather (Hudsonia tomentosa); dune bean (Strophostyles spp.); dusty miller (Artemisia stelleriana); saltmeadow hay (Spartina patens); seabeach sandwort (Honckenya peploides); sea oats (Uniola paniculata); sea rocket (Cakile edentula); seaside goldenrod (Solidago sempervirens);”

    Code of Virginia § 28.2-1400, Chapter 14. Coastal Primary Sand Dunes and Beaches

What’s happened

  1. Tue22Sep

    Wetlands Board

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The records

Gathered from Northumberland County’s agendas, minutes and notices. Checked October 26.

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How a wetlands permit is decided

Work in tidal wetlands and along the shoreline, such as riprap, bulkheads and sills, needs a permit. The county's Wetlands Board decides these applications after an advertised public hearing.

Applications are also filed with the Virginia Marine Resources Commission, which assigns the application number used to follow a request.

The law: Va. Code § 28.2-1302 (Adoption of wetlands zoning ordinance; terms of ordinance). This describes the general process, not this decision.