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Property request · wetlands permit

Coan Hall Farm, LLC: install 104 linear feet of riprap revetment with a 16’ riprap spur and install 438 linear feet of riprap sill (Coan River)

  1. Wetlands Board hearing (county’s record, Aug 11)Aug 11

  2. Wetlands Board decides (county’s record, Aug 11)Approved, unanimously · Aug 11

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In plain words

Coan Hall Farm, LLC asked for permission to place rock along the shoreline of the Coan River at 2387 Coan Wharf Road.1 The work is 104 linear feet of riprap revetment with a 16’ riprap spur, plus 438 linear feet of riprap sill, all rock structures.1 At the Wetlands Board meeting on August 11, 2026, Craig Palubinski, agent for the owner, described the project.2 He said the shoreline has wooded shade and water depths that drop off quickly, so a living shoreline was not recommended.2 Albert Fisher made a motion to approve the application as submitted for three years, Robert Vanlandingham seconded, and the Board unanimously approved.3

Summarized from the county’s records, September 26.

Where each sentence comes from
  1. “Coan Hall Farm, LLC – to install 104 linear feet of riprap revetment” … “along the shoreline of the Coan River and 2387 Coan Wharf Road” … “install 104 linear feet of riprap revetment with a 16’ riprap spur and install 438 linear feet of riprap sill”The matter as the records title it
  2. “Craig Palubinski, agent for the owner, described the project.” … “there are a lot of wooded areas with shade along the shoreline and water depths drop off quickly, therefore a living shoreline was not recommended”Aug 11, 2026 · Wetlands Board · On the agenda
  3. “Albert Fisher made a motion to approve the application as submitted for three years. Robert Vanlandingham seconded the motion and the Board unanimously approved.”Aug 11, 2026 · Wetlands Board · In the minutes

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The official wording

Application No. 26-1541 Coan Hall Farm, LLC – to install 104 linear feet of riprap revetment with a 16’ riprap spur and install 438 linear feet of riprap sill along the shoreline of the Coan River and 2387 Coan Wharf 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

What’s happened

  1. Tue11Aug

    Wetlands Board · a vote

    ApprovedThe Board’s vote

    After reviewing the project and there being no objections, Albert Fisher made a motion to approve the application as submitted for three years. Robert Vanlandingham seconded the motion and the Board unanimously approved.

    Moved by Fisher, seconded by Vanlandingham

    Minutes, Aug 11Open it in the meeting →

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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.