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County planning unveils interactive residential development dashboard to track buildout
Summary
Brunswick County planning staff introduced a public residential development dashboard that maps approved, proposed and inactive projects and shows unit buildout percentages to help staff, municipal partners and residents track residential growth.
Planning department staff presented a new residential development "dashboard" and interactive map to the Board of Commissioners on June 16 that shows major residential projects in unincorporated Brunswick County dating back to 2015.
Kirsty, a county planner, introduced the dashboard as a public-facing tool to provide easier access to development data for the public, the planning board and county staff. Garrett Hawkins, GIS planning analyst, said the dashboard has six sections: data highlights; approved developments; proposed developments; abandoned/inactive projects; annexed developments; and City of Northwest projects (the county provides planning services to Northwest). "The residential development dashboard is divided into six sections," Hawkins said, describing charts that show developments and unit counts approved by year and a construction-progress symbology that indicates units built, under construction and unstarted.
Hawkins said the dashboard shows approved unit types (single-family, duplex, townhome, multifamily), approval dates, number of units built (completed and issued certificates of occupancy) and, soon, units under construction. Data sources include the Brunswick County planning board records, permitting and address database and Northwest town records. The dashboard will be updated monthly, typically following planning board meetings.
Staff showed features including a search tool (development name, case number, parcel or address), an imagery (aerial) toggle and an exportable data table. Hawkins said planned improvements include adding denied cases, older developments predating 2015 and a commercial development dashboard; he also noted current performance is best on desktop and that mobile optimization is planned.
Commissioners asked whether municipalities could be included. Hawkins and the planner said municipalities have their own systems in some cases (Leland was named), but the county will explore partnerships to expand inclusion. The presentation drew brief praise from commissioners who said the tool would help answer frequent development questions.
