Chesterfield County is looking to consolidate 22 individual area plans into one detailed land-use plan for the entire 446-square-mile county. The county's unified plan was last updated in the 1980s.

Since that time, new building projects have outpaced the growth of infrastructure in some areas. A good unified plan would benefit current and future homeowners by ensuring a balance of commercial and residential use. That balanced development would, in turn, ensure a diverse tax base that could support needed services and infrastructure.

Read more in the Richmond Times-Dispatch....