Goochland Planning Commission to hold public hearing Feb. 19 at 6 PM

The Goochland Planning Commission will hold a public hearing at 6 PM on Thursday, Feb. 19, according to a notice issued by an official county account. The county notice provided the date and time but did not include project-level agenda items or a meeting location in the text provided to this reporter.

County planning calendars across several jurisdictions show Feb. 19 as a busy day for land use deliberations. San Bernardino County’s Planning Commission scheduled a regular meeting for Thursday, February 19, 2026 at the County Government Center Covington Chambers, 385 N. Arrowhead Avenue, 1st Floor, San Bernardino, CA 92415; one docket entry listed as item 3 names EDF Renewables Distribution - Scale Power as the applicant for PROJ-2025-00036 at 2151 Erwin Ranch Road, Big Bear, CA 92314. That item lists Delanie Garlick as staff and proposes “A Policy Plan Amendment from Very Low Density Residential to Rural Living, a Zoning Amendment from Bear Valley/Single Residential-1 acre minimum to Rural Living, and a Conditional Use Permit to construct and operate a five-megawatt alternating current solar photovoltaic facility on a 29.9-acre parcel.” The San Bernardino agenda shows a CEQA recommendation of “Adoption of a Mitigated Negative Declaration” and an estimated hearing time of 30 minutes.

The City of Long Beach Planning Bureau’s public notices page explicitly lists “Thursday, February 19, 2026, Planning Commission Meeting Notices” with multiple items, including “NPH Mobile Food Truck Ordinance,” “NPH Zone in Bixby,” “Land Use Element Consolidated Text Changes,” “Zone In Bixby Title 22 Redline,” “Bixby Rezoning LUE EIR Addendum No 5_1.29.26,” “Bixby Proposed Land Use Placetypes,” “Bixby Proposed Zoning,” “NPH 217 Pine Ave.,” and “NPH 2131 E. Wardlow Rd.” The Long Beach page also lists “NPH 400 E. Anaheim St.” under a January 15, 2026 notice and archives multiple prior meeting notices dating back through 2025 and earlier.

Not every coastal planning body is meeting that day: the City of Newport Beach’s website carries the clear headline “Planning Commission Regular Meeting - February 19, 2026 - CANCELED.” The Newport Beach page did not include rescheduling details in the excerpt reviewed.

Riverside County’s TLMA Commission planning pages provide procedural rules that may apply to hearings in 2026: “Planning Commission public hearings on land use matters will be conducted by teleconference and in-person at the place of hearing, as noted on the agenda. Public access to the meeting location will be limited to comply with the Executive Order. Public comments will be accepted remotely via teleconference using Zoom.” The Riverside pages also instruct that presentation materials be submitted at least 48 hours prior to hearings and route correspondence to the TLMA Commission Secretary at Riverside County Administrative Center, 4080 Lemon Street, 12th Floor, P.O. Box 1409, Riverside, CA 92502, or via email at planninghearings@rivco.org; ADA requests are handled via (951) 955-7436 or planning@rivco.org.

Goochland readers seeking details on what will be heard Feb. 19 should consult the county’s official account and the county Planning Commission agenda for full docket items, staff reports, location and remote-participation links. The notice reviewed here stated only: “Public hearing by Goochland Planning Commission on Thursday Feb 19 at 6 PM. Notice issued by official county account ahead of meeting.”