Planning commission recommends council move large Pleasant View development forward, postpones Walkers Trail decision for more school-capacity information

The Lexington County Planning Commission on April 2025 reviewed two concurrency sketch plans and split its actions: it recommended that a large Pleasant View/Bluff Ridge project be allowed to proceed to county council while postponing action on Walkers Trail Phase 2 pending more information from Lexington School District 1 about capacity and potential rezoning.

Planning staff described the Pleasant View/Bluff Ridge submission as a revised concurrency application covering 221.17 acres with 624 proposed dwelling units (424 single-family and 200 duplex units) and about 39.97% dedicated open space (approximately 87.08 acres). Staff said the developer—s submission is an expansion of a June 2024 concurrency approval (which had been for 316 single-family units on ~81.15 acres) after the developer acquired additional parcels. Staff said the project is expected to be built in roughly six to 12 phases over an estimated six- to 10-year build-out, with site construction beginning after detailed land-development approvals.

Representatives of Lexington School District 2 provided a questionnaire-based response prepared by Matt…