South Carolina — 2025 Year in Review
Land use and zoning activity from city and county planning meetings in South Carolina during 2025.
Read the Complete South Carolina Planning Commission Guide for context on how planning decisions work in South Carolina.
“Projects with decisions” counts unique projects. “Approved” and “Denied” count individual actions (one project can have multiple actions across meetings).
9,701
Projects with decisions
12,773
Approved actions
299
Denied actions
97.7%
Approval rate (of actions)
By county
| County | Projects | Approved actions | Denied actions | Approval % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abbeville | 151 | 187 | 1 | 99.5% |
| Aiken | 98 | 117 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Allendale | 9 | 9 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Anderson | 422 | 495 | 2 | 99.6% |
| Bamberg | 6 | 12 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Barnwell | 3 | 7 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Beaufort | 957 | 1,623 | 20 | 98.8% |
| Berkeley | 505 | 576 | 15 | 97.5% |
| Calhoun | 1 | 1 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Charleston | 1,782 | 2,338 | 108 | 95.6% |
| Cherokee | 17 | 25 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Chester | 85 | 97 | 3 | 97.0% |
| Chesterfield | 86 | 108 | 1 | 99.1% |
| Clarendon | 14 | 17 | 1 | 94.4% |
| Colleton | 50 | 51 | 2 | 96.2% |
| Darlington | 114 | 128 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Dillon | 25 | 34 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Fairfield | 128 | 158 | 7 | 95.8% |
| Florence | 90 | 115 | 1 | 99.1% |
| Georgetown | 557 | 701 | 2 | 99.7% |
| Greenville | 199 | 254 | 4 | 98.4% |
| Greenwood | 38 | 36 | 2 | 94.7% |
| Hampton | 36 | 36 | 1 | 97.3% |
| Horry | 623 | 865 | 34 | 96.2% |
| Jasper | 150 | 165 | 1 | 99.4% |
| Kershaw | 80 | 105 | 6 | 94.6% |
| Lancaster | 218 | 256 | 4 | 98.5% |
| Laurens | 73 | 77 | 6 | 92.8% |
| Lee | 9 | 10 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Lexington | 944 | 1,135 | 9 | 99.2% |
| Marion | 5 | 6 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Marlboro | 3 | 3 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Newberry | 14 | 15 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Oconee | 182 | 282 | 1 | 99.6% |
| Orangeburg | 154 | 177 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Pickens | 238 | 374 | 8 | 97.9% |
| Richland | 134 | 145 | 1 | 99.3% |
| Saluda | 10 | 11 | 1 | 91.7% |
| Spartanburg | 623 | 861 | 14 | 98.4% |
| Sumter | 26 | 26 | 2 | 92.9% |
| Union | 1 | 1 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Williamsburg | 37 | 39 | 0 | 100.0% |
| York | 823 | 1,095 | 42 | 96.3% |
Data from public meeting documents processed by Boardwalk. Coverage varies by jurisdiction. Not all cities and counties are included.