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against what it views as premature development.
In addition. Virginia courts have held traditionally that a comprehensive plan is not law. This trend appears to be reversed by the Windmill case.
In 1974, Theodore Lerner. developer of the Tyson’s Corner Shopping Center, applied to the Loudoun County Board of Supervisors to rezone 177 acres of land from industrial park classification to shopping center category.
Part of a larger 420-acre tract zoned for industrial use since 1969, the 177-acre parcel is located in eastern Loudoun at the intersection of Routes 7 and 9-28. both heavily traveled highways.
In 1972. the land was placed in the zoning category of planned developmentindustrial park with permitted uses that include research, development, testing, manufacturing, processing, fabrication, assembly and distribution activities.
The county's comprehensive plan, however, calls for the development of ‘‘a large and attractive shopping facility. . .to meet the vigorous competition from out of county shopping centers” and places the location of a regional shopping center at the intersection of Routes 7 and 28.
In 1973. relying on the proposal for a regional shopping center. Theodore Lerner purchased a one-half
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