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Planning staff reports steady permit activity and introduces new pipeline map showing school‑district overlays
Summary
Staff reported steady residential permit volumes for recent months, three new projects in April and a revised pipeline map that now displays school district boundaries to help concurrency and planning decisions.
Planning staff reported steady residential permitting year‑to‑date, detailed three new development projects for April and showed an updated pipeline map that adds school‑district boundaries to help county decision‑makers track concurrency impacts.
Staff said February recorded 122 site‑built permits and 41 manufactured‑home permits; March showed 163 site‑built and 57 manufactured‑home permits; April totals were about 130 site‑built and 43 manufactured‑home permits (staff provided month‑by‑month figures in the activity report packet). On the year, staff reported the county had recorded several hundred residential permits and is “keeping pace,” according to the development activity presentation.
Staff highlighted three projects newly added to the county pipeline for April: Ridge Ridge Station (37 lots on about 9.5 acres in Batesburg‑Leesville, developer Advantage Holdings), Rockville Reserves (about 18 lots on roughly 29.25 acres near Irmo, developer Rockville Reserves Investors), and Trailhead Townhomes (52 townhome lots on about 3.7 acres in West Columbia, proposed for redevelopment of an existing warehouse site). Staff also presented a new concurrency pipeline map that overlays school‑district boundaries so commissioners and school officials can better see which projects fall inside each district and how pipeline projects may affect school capacity.
Staff said eight projects have already completed the county’s full concurrency review since the ordinance came into full effect and that the new mapping will be used going forward to show approved concurrency projects and where pipeline projects fall relative to school districts. Commissioners asked for continued improvements to the mapping and for links to the public pipeline map so they can view cumulative projects by district.
The presentation was informational and no formal action was required; staff will circulate the updated pipeline map and incorporate commissioner feedback into future activity reports.
