Annual development report: permits steady while QTS data center drives valuation spike

Sep 22, 2026

York County staff told council they issued 5,614 permits in fiscal 2025-26, completed more than 20,000 inspections and flagged a valuation jump driven by QTS data center permits that pushed nonresidential valuation from about $188M to more than $420M.

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Development services manager Josh Reinhardt and Oxana Holbrook presented the county's fiscal 2025-26 annual development report, a snapshot of permits, inspections and valuation.

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