Growth in Lexington County can mean clear-cutting old woods. What are the rules?

Growth is a constant in Lexington County today, with the frequent development of big new housing tracts often being a cause of concern in rural areas.

Part of neighbors’ worries revolves around the loss of what, for as long as anyone can remember, were wooded areas that form a key part of the landscape.

With development spilling out into more rural areas, where large tracts of undeveloped land are more plentiful, what rules are in place around tree-cutting in Lexington County?…

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