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Planning staff summarize 2024 activity: housing pipeline, declining school-age population and zoning rewrite underway
Summary
City planning staff presented annual reports showing a large housing pipeline, an estimated population of about 298,430 (projected to roughly 316,200 with pending units), and a continued decline in school-age cohorts; commissioners called a public hearing to consider expanding an Urban Mixed Use district.
The City of Plano planning staff presented two information items on March 25: the Planning Department's 2025 annual report and the comprehensive plan annual report for fiscal year 2023'2024. Staff outlined development activity, long-range planning work, and demographic trends affecting schools and housing.
Nick Coleman, lead planner with the Planning Department, said the department processed roughly 688 project submittals in the prior year and is managing a large pipeline of approved and pending housing units. Coleman reported an estimated city population of about 298,430 (January 1 estimate) and a projection to roughly 316,200 over the coming years if pending housing units are built and occupied under current demographic assumptions. He told commissioners the city has limited greenfield capacity, roughly 1,863…
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