Property request · wetlands permit
Deborah G. Matthews Revocable Trust: remove a 38’ portion of a failed bulkhead -like structure, install a 6’ return wall into remaining timber bulkhead and install 75 linear feet of riprap revetment (Hull Creek)
Wetlands Board decides (county’s record, Mar 10)Approved, unanimously · Mar 10
A step the records show opens the record itself.
In plain words
The Deborah G. Matthews Revocable Trust has applied for shoreline work at 195 Gull Lane, along Hull Creek, under Application No. 26-0255.1 The plan is to remove a 38' portion of a failed bulkhead -like structure, add a 6' return wall, and place 75 linear feet of riprap revetment, a rock erosion barrier.1 At the Wetlands Board meeting on March 10, 2026, Joseph Scott, agent for the owner, described the project.2 He said the owner tried planting to develop a living shoreline, but it didn't work, and noted the bank was 30 feet tall.2 Albert Fisher 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 26.
Where each sentence comes from
- “Application No. 26-0255 Deborah G. Matthews Revocable Trust” … “along the shoreline of Hull Creek and 195 Gull Lane” … “to remove a 38’ portion of a failed bulkhead -like structure, install a 6’ return wall into remaining timber bulkhead and install 75 linear feet of riprap revetment”The matter as the records title it
- “Joseph Scott, agent for the owner, described the project” … “the owner has done some planting trying to develop a living shoreline, but it didn’t work. He also noted that the bank was 30 feet tall” … “Albert Fisher made a motion to approve the application as submitted for three years. George Rew seconded the motion and the Board unanimously approved.”Mar 10, 2026 · 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. 26-0255 Deborah G. Matthews Revocable Trust – to remove a 38’ portion of a failed bulkhead -like structure, install a 6’ return wall into remaining timber bulkhead and install 75 linear feet of riprap revetment along the shoreline of Hull Creek and 195 Gull 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
- Tue10Mar
Wetlands Board · a vote
ApprovedThe Board’s vote
After review of the project and there being no objections, Albert Fisher made a motion to approve the application as submitted for three years. George Rew seconded the motion and the Board unanimously approved.
Moved by Fisher, seconded by Rew
Meeting by meeting, newest first, in the records’ own words. Each vote names the minutes it’s written in.
The records
- Tue10Mar
Gathered from Northumberland County’s agendas, minutes and notices. Checked October 26.