Lexington County staff: single-family permits on pace for roughly 1,600 this year

Planning staff told the Lexington County Planning Commission that building-permit activity this year has accelerated, with 335 site-built residential permits recorded through the first part of the third quarter, putting the county on pace for roughly 1,600 single-family permits over the year.

"So we're on pace for roughly 1,600 single family home permits this year," the staff presenter said while reviewing the department's permit chart and pipeline map. The presenter also reported about 80 manufactured-home permits year-to-date and said the county's pipeline of new submittals has been quiet recently — staff recorded no new pipeline or concurrency submittals in the most recent two-month window.

The report framed the trend against a longer historical view going back to 2013 and noted the county is monitoring growth patterns that feed planning reviews, concurrency determinations and school-district capacity planning. Commissioners thanked staff for the update and asked for continued tracking so concurrency reports can guide future subdivision decisions.