Property request · wetlands permit
John Pitts Contractors, LLC: install 170 linear feet of armor stone revetment and remove and replace three (3) 80’ low-profile timber groins (Chesapeake Bay)
Wetlands Board decides (county’s record, Aug 12)Approved, unanimously · Aug 12
A step the records show opens the record itself.
In plain words
John Pitts Contractors, LLC applied under Application No. 25-1545 to install 170 linear feet of armor stone revetment along the shoreline of the Chesapeake Bay.1 The work also includes removing and replacing three (3) 80' low-profile timber groins at Tax Map Parcel #39-(1)-11- on Shipwatch Lane.1 The Wetlands Board took up the application on August 12, 2025, where Lee Bowles, agent for the owner, described the project.2 Robert Vanlandingham made a motion to approve the application as submitted for three years, George Rew seconded, and the Board unanimously approved.2
Summarized from the county’s records, September 30.
Where each sentence comes from
- “Application No. 25-1545 John Pitts Contractors, LLC – to install 170 linear feet of armor stone revetment” … “along the shoreline of the Chesapeake Bay” … “remove and replace three (3) 80’ low-profile timber groins” … “Tax Map Parcel #39-(1)-11- on Shipwatch Lane”The matter as the records title it
- “Lee Bowles, agent for the owner described the project.” … “Robert Vanlandingham made a motion to approve the application as submitted for three years. George Rew seconded the motion and the Board unanimously approved.”Aug 12, 2025 · Wetlands Board · In the minutes
Written automatically from the county’s records. Each sentence has to quote the record it comes from, word for word, or it’s left out. The records have the final say.
The official wording
Application No. 25-1545 John Pitts Contractors, LLC – to install 170 linear feet of armor stone revetment and remove and replace three (3) 80’ low-profile timber groins along the shoreline of the Chesapeake Bay and Tax Map Parcel #39-(1)-11- on Shipwatch Lane.
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
What’s happened
- Tue12Aug
Wetlands Board · a vote
ApprovedThe Board’s vote
After review of the project and there being no objections, Robert Vanlandingham made a motion to approve the application as submitted for three years. George Rew seconded the motion and the Board unanimously approved.
Moved by Vanlandingham, seconded by Rew
Meeting by meeting, newest first, in the records’ own words. Each vote names the minutes it’s written in.
The records
- Tue12Aug
Gathered from Northumberland County’s agendas, minutes and notices. Checked October 26.