Heritage Baptist Wins Expansion Approval

won approval Tuesday night for the planned expansion of its facility at Shellhorn and Ashburn roads.

The Loudoun Board of Supervisors approved two special exceptions for the church on a 7-0-2 vote—Supervisors Janet Clarke (R-Blue Ridge) and Ralph Buona (R-Ashburn) were absent for the vote—that allow the accommodation of meeting space/Fellowship Hall activities as well as a kitchen, bathrooms and office space. In a second phase, classrooms are also planned.

The church now sits on about 4.3 acres in the original 2,502-square-foot building constructed in 1953. An 840-square-foot modular classroom also sits on the site now. The first phase of the expansion calls for 14,488 square feet of space for the hall/kitchen/office, while the second phase would add 8,904 square feet of classroom space.

The original church and the relocated Davis building will be retained in the first phase, will be removed for phase 2. In addition, the existing driveway will remain for phase 1, but will be relocated to the north during the second phase.

The church also received approval to reduce the paved parking spaces from 203 to 145; however, the space for those removed space will be retained for future needs.