The Lexington County Planning Commission received its monthly development activity briefing and several planning updates, including a vendor selection for a county transportation improvement plan and an administrative notice about Emmanuel Creek Phase 2B.

Planning staff reported third‑quarter single‑family residential permits totaled 432 and year‑to‑date single‑family permits were 1,337, numbers staff described as higher than recent prior years and roughly equivalent to 2023. Manufactured‑home permits in the third quarter totaled 128, with a year‑to‑date total of 391.

Staff reviewed pipeline and concurrency projects that county council acted on since the commission’s last meeting. The commission’s packet and staff report said council denied the Avante townhomes/concurrency project that the planning commission had recommended for denial; council approved the Victor Road project and additional projects including Rocky Point (school district 5), Rutledge Place (school district 5), and Edmond Highway (school district 1). The Enclave at Freya (school district 4) was postponed by county council and no vote was taken. Planning staff credited council members for generally following the commission’s recommendations on the recent round of concurrency cases.

On Emmanuel Creek Phase 2B, staff told the commission the developer Hurricane Development’s three‑year agreement expired Sept. 15; instead of calling the letter of credit the county accepted certified funds of $56,022.53 to hold in trust until project completion.

Staff announced county council approved the selection of Stantec to produce a county transportation improvement plan; staff said the plan should take roughly 10–11 months and include public engagement before the county would finalize project lists for any proposed capital penny sales tax referendum. The planning commission was told the Capital Penny Sales Tax Commission is considering proposing a referendum and that commissioners and staff expect the transportation plan would feed into decisions on project prioritization and the timing of any election; the commission discussed whether a 2026 referendum timeline would allow adequate public engagement and plan completion.

Other staff updates: the planning and GIS department hired an entry‑level employee, Jonah Williams (USC graduate), restoring the department to full staff after several years of shortages; staff also said the updated future land‑use map and an accompanying legend description are now posted on the planning and GIS website.

The commission approved routine road classifications and other ministerial items on the agenda during the meeting.