Goochland County schedules meeting on warehouse rezoning proposal near Ashland Road

A 10.68-acre parcel at 2308 Ashland Road could move from agricultural zoning to industrial use, putting warehouse, office and outdoor storage on the table in eastern Goochland County. CLM Acquisitions, LLC has filed PRE-2026-00008, and the county’s June 30 community meeting at 1706 St. Matthews Lane will be the first practical chance for nearby residents to ask how the change could affect traffic, buffering and the next wave of development along the corridor.

The request would rezone the property, identified by Tax Map Nos. 48-5-0-2-0 and 48-1-0-50-0, from Agricultural, Limited, or A-2, to Industrial, Limited, or M-1. Goochland County’s calendar says the Comprehensive Plan designates the area as Flexible, but the proposal still marks a sharper land-use shift than the current zoning allows. Because the county requires a community meeting before a formal zoning application can be filed, the June 30 session is the point where neighbors can push for answers before the case moves into hearings and staff review.

What that means on the ground is more than a map change. Goochland’s zoning ordinance says the M-1 district is intended for lower-impact industrial uses and allows limited outside storage, language that signals how the county classifies the kind of activity CLM Acquisitions is seeking. For residents near Ashland Road, the central questions are how many trucks the site could generate, where loading and storage areas would sit on the property, what buffers would separate the parcel from nearby uses, and whether the project fits the county’s long-term plan for this part of District 4.

The proposal also lands in a corridor the county has already set aside for growth. Ashland Road, also known as Route 623, is part of the Rockville Opportunity Corridor, which Goochland describes as a 3.5-mile business development district positioned for growth. County materials say corridor improvements have included traffic lights, entrance roads and turn lanes, all aimed at easing congestion and improving safety. That makes the CLM Acquisitions case part of a broader pattern, not an isolated rezoning request.

The surrounding roadway network is already under pressure from larger projects. Goochland says the new Amazon facility at 2022 Ashland Road is an e-commerce fulfillment center serving Goochland, Richmond and surrounding areas, while AXIAL Rockville 64 at 2200 Ashland Road is planned as two rear-load buildings totaling 335,000 square feet. The county also says significant improvements to the Ashland Road/I-64 interchange are planned to start in 2027, and the Ashland Road Extension project is scheduled for preliminary engineering from 2023 to 2026, right-of-way acquisition in 2027 and 2028, and construction from 2028 to 2031.

That timeline gives the June 30 meeting added weight. If the rezoning advances, CLM Acquisitions would join a corridor already being reshaped by industrial buildings, utility work and road changes, with 2308 Ashland Road now at the center of Goochland’s debate over where warehouse development belongs and how much change the road network can absorb.