LOUDOUN COUNTY AFFIRMS PERMIT FOR PSYCHIATRIC IN-PATIENT TREATMENT FACILITY IN AGRICULTURAL-RURAL NEIGHBORHOOD DESPITE EVIDENCE OF MISUSE
LEESBURG, Va., Feb. 14, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The Loudoun County Board of Zoning Appeals (BZA) voted 3 to 2 to uphold a "group home" permit for Newport Academy/Institute, a luxury rehab chain that recently acquired three adjacent homes near Leesburg after not being permitted to operate out of three adjacent homes in McLean, VA.
- In 2019, Fairfax County Zoning deemed Newport's operation across three McLean homes to be a united, congregate facility, not State and Federally protected separate group homes.
- In Loudoun, Newport is pursuing group home permits for each house in a gated subdivision, in an AR-1 zone, where congregate use is prohibited.
- Meanwhile, area residents cited job listings, marketing, and statements from Newport's own executives as clear intention for congregate campus use.
- Neighbors say county staff have been accommodating to Tennessee-based Newport, primarily owned by Canadian private equity firm ONEX, while treating residents differently.