Nearly 400 new homes across four developments proposed for Lexington County
Four new projects, set for empty plots of land across Lexington County, could bring nearly 400 homes to the area if given approval.
The plans, all of which are set to be considered by the county’s planning commission on Sept. 18, would bring around two dozen new housing units — 15 single family homes and 10 townhomes — to the Irmo area, more than 300 just outside the town of Gaston and 34 just outside Pelion.
Each subdivision is undergoing a process known as concurrency review, in which local entities like school districts and emergency services are asked to complete questionnaires about how proposed developments would impact their agencies. The review process was enacted by the county in June of last year in an attempt to mitigate growth.
Since 1980, the county has more than doubled in size, adding more than 170,000 people to its population over the last four decades. For the projects to move forward, the county council will have to approve them following a recommendation by the planning commission.
Enclave at Woodtrail
A planned subdivision aimed for just outside Gaston, a rural town of 1,600 in southeast Lexington County, would bring 318 homes to 204 acres along Woodtrail Drive to the west of the town limits.
The single-family homes would be on, at minimum, 60-foot lots and the project is set to have three entrance points, requiring new roads to be built on the empty land.
Part of the land that the project is set to sit on has been, around 95 acres, in a family trust since December 2022. The other 109 acres were bought for $300,000 in November 2024 by RYR Holdings, LLC, according to county property records. The developers for the project are listed as Tier Homes, LLC, an Elgin-based home builders group.
The homes would sit in the Lexington 4 school district zone. The school district estimated that the subdivision would have a $2 million impact on its operating costs and require 40 new teachers, in paperwork submitted to the county. If approved, the subdivision would join four others set for the school district’s enrollment zone that could bring more than 1,000 new homes.
Two projects aimed for Irmo area
There are two proposed housing developments on the docket for the Irmo area — one for 15 single-family homes on seven acres along Rocky Point Drive, just east of Lake Murray, and the other for 10 townhomes on 2.5 acres next to Saint Andrews Road, near Carriage Lane.
The developer for the single-family-home subdivision, named Rocky Point Residential Subdivision, is Rock Hill-based Sanford Enterprises.
“[Lexington] is where we’re finding opportunities we like,” Brady Sanford, the developer on the project, told The State.
Rutledge Place Townes, the 10 townhomes set for just outside the town limits of Irmo, is aimed for land that was bought in a tax sale for $13,000 in 2014 by Rhonda and Randall Halacka, according to county property records. No developer is listed on the plans for the townhomes.
Both projects would sit in the Lexington-Richland 5 school district’s enrollment zone, but school officials said they did not anticipate either project having a noticeable impact on the district, in paperwork submitted to the county.
Edmund Highway homes
A subdivision nestled between Edmund Highway and Hayes Lucas Road just outside the town of Pelion, a small town of around 600 in south Lexington County, is proposed to bring 34 single-family homes to 11.5 acres.
The developer is Sanford Enterprises, the same company behind the proposed 15 homes aimed for the Irmo area near Lake Murray, according to county planning documents. Property records show the land was purchased by ScNc Land Co. for $208,500 in May of this year.
The subdivision would be located in the Lexington 1 school district’s enrollment area. The school district estimated the project could impact its operating costs by a little over $100,000, district officials said in paperwork submitted to the county.
This story was originally published September 11, 2025 at 2:54 PM.
