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Planning staff reports strong first-quarter permit activity and lists pipeline housing projects
Summary
Planning staff told the Lexington County Planning Commission that first-quarter permitting was among the highest in five years and reviewed a pipeline of new manufactured-home and site-built housing projects across multiple council districts.
Lexington County planning staff reported to the Planning Commission that building permit activity in the first quarter of 2025 was one of the highest five-year totals and that several new housing projects are in the county—s pipeline.
Staff said the county issued 462 site-built permits and 142 manufactured-home permits across the quarter (January through March totals reported individually as 177 site-built and 50 manufactured in January; 122 site-built and 41 manufactured in February; and 163 site-built and 51 manufactured in March). Planning staff said the manufactured-home quarterly total of 142 is the highest quarterly total in five years.
The presentation listed multiple pipeline projects by name, lot count, acreage, developer and council district: Cedar Ridge (72 lots on about 12 acres; developer: Mungo Home; Council District 5), Crystal Park (3 lots on 4.5 acres; Home Max; District 1), Ferry Grove Phase 3 (122 lots on 36 acres; Ferry Grove Corporation; District 2), Hollow Ridge (4 lots on 5.5 acres; Home Max), Kaiser Road (91 lots on 53 acres; Kaiser Development; District 5), Summerlin Place Phase 3 (43 lots on about 18.5 acres; in the town of Batesburg-Leesville; District 2; developer shown as Amazon International Trade Corporation in the packet), Timber Chase (216 lots on 105.5 acres; White Knoll area; District 4; developer: White Knoll-focused developer), and Vista Oaks (114 lots on about 21 acres; near Oak Grove/West Columbia; District 4). Staff said there were no pipeline additions in March.
Staff also showed county population estimates (2022 and 2023) and noted Lexington County ranked just inside the top 20 for growth in the cited period (staff cited an estimated 2023 population near 305,105). A commissioner asked staff to share the spreadsheet of Census estimates when updated with 2024 figures; staff agreed to distribute it when available.
The planning staff presentation and the pipeline map are intended as informational tools for commissioners; several commissioners asked whether staff could map incoming applications by district to help track growth by geography. Staff said a district-level mapping effort is underway and expected to be available next month.
No vote or formal action was taken on the activity report; it was presented as information to the commission.
