Live permit data · six permit offices · updated July 2026
The Charleston Growth Map.
Every dot is a building permit: a new home, a townhome project, a commercial build, an addition, or a teardown. I pulled the permit files of six separate offices across the metro, plus the state land-disturbance file that shows projects at the clearing stage, and put them on one map, because no one else does. Tap any dot for the address and the project.
Tap any number to list every permit behind it.
Permits
Sources, all public records: City of Charleston active permits; Mount Pleasant permits issued since 2024; Goose Creek monthly permit lists (May 2025 to May 2026); Summerville issued-permit lists (2024 and spring 2026); North Charleston Planning Commission rezoning applications since 2024 (shown because the city does not publish its permit file); Charleston County 2025 permits for Awendaw, McClellanville, Hollywood, Ravenel and the islands; and SC construction stormwater (land-disturbance) permits issued since 2024 via SC DES filings in the EPA ICIS system, covering Charleston, Berkeley, Dorchester and Georgetown counties. The pipeline layer is why dots appear in Hanahan, Moncks Corner and Georgetown even though those offices publish no building-permit data. Coverage windows differ by office; a permit is planned work, not a listing. Mapped by Jennifer Dane.
The rulebook
Where building is legally restricted.
Some of the quiet zones on this map are quiet by law. Active moratoriums, permit caps and rental restrictions in the map’s footprint, verified July 2026:
| Jurisdiction | Type | What is restricted |
|---|---|---|
| Awendaw | Moratorium | All rezonings and any subdivision creating more than five lots, in place since early 2024 and renewed again in early 2026. Individual home builds are exempt, which is why Awendaw still leads the county file in new houses. |
| Mount Pleasant | Permit cap | Roughly 600 new residential permits a year through 2029 (2,400 single-family plus 500 multifamily over five years), released twice a year, first come first served. Carolina Park and Liberty Hill Farm are exempt under vested agreements. The town’s separate seven-year apartment ban ended December 2024. |
| Berkeley County | Moratorium | Large-scale developments of 75 acres or more in the unincorporated county, paused since 2022; County Council lifts it project by project (it delayed a 191-home subdivision as recently as April 2026). |
| City of Georgetown | Moratorium | All rezonings, variances, and subdivisions over three lots, citywide, passed February 2026 for 180 days (to roughly August 2026) while the comprehensive plan is reviewed. |
| Folly Beach | STR cap | 800-license cap on short-term rentals of non-primary homes, approved by voters in 2023 and upheld by the SC Court of Appeals in February 2026. Primary residences are exempt. |
| Mount Pleasant | STR cap | 400 short-term-rental permits town-wide, about one percent of homes. |
| Sullivan’s Island | STR ban | Rentals under 30 days prohibited except a small set of grandfathered, non-transferable licenses. |
| City of Charleston | STR rule | No numeric cap, but an operator must live on site overnight, which effectively bans non-owner-occupied whole-house rentals outside limited commercial districts. |
Summerville, Goose Creek, Moncks Corner, North Charleston and Dorchester County currently have no moratorium. Restrictions are temporary by law and can end early; verify before acting. Full context in the write-up.
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