Heat & Energy
Community & Economy
Conservation
Conservation Easements
Landscape Conservation Plans
Land Exchanges
Transfer of Development Rights
Voluntary & Private Fees
Other Conservation
Ecosystem Services
Forest Management
Fuels Reduction
Infrastructure
Restoration
Forest Products
Compendium References
Transfer of Developmental Rights
Transfer of Development Rights (TDR) and Transfer of Development Credits (TDC) are market-based tools that allow development rights to be voluntarily transferred from one parcel to another.
Communities sometimes use a TDR or TDC to transfer growth from and area they would not like to see developed, or a “sending area” to areas where they would like to encourage growth, or “receiving areas.”
A TDR can conserve forest and habitat by transferring development from these environmentally sensitive or working landscapes to zones that are closer to municipal services or clustered for more efficient delivery of infrastructure services.
