Conservation Limited Development for Local Governments
PAS Memo — March-April 2019
By Wayne Feiden, FAICP
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A city wants to permanently protect most of a large tract of land as permanent open space while serving other city goals with smaller portions of the land. Various approaches have been suggested, from regulatory changes, city financial investments, and city partnerships with developers, affordable housing developers, land trusts, and neighborhood groups. What's the best option?
One possibility is conservation limited development, or simply limited development. This development model preserves a large portion of a tract of land for conservation while allowing limited development on some portion of that land. The land with the most important conservation values is preserved, and development typically covers a smaller area than allowed by regulations.
The March-April 2019 issue of PAS Memo introduces the conservation limited development concept and examines the roles local governments can play in encouraging or leading these projects to meet community goals.
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About the Author
Wayne Feiden, FAICP
<p><strong>Wayne Feiden, FAICP </strong>is Director of the Center for Resilient Metro-Regions and Lecturer of Planning Practice at the University of Massachusetts. Wayne's focus includes all aspects of placemaking, design, planning, and sustainability in his planning practice and research. He has led or served on dozens of strategic planning teams in 21 states and five countries. Wayne’s Rockefeller Bellagio residency (Italy), State Department Professional Fellowships (Indonesia and Malaysia), German Marshall Fund fellowship (Northern Ireland, England and Denmark), Fulbright Specialist fellowships (South Africa and New Zealand), and Eisenhower Fellowship (Hungary) all had a placemaking focus. His research publications include “<em>Urban and Regional and Organizational Strategic Planning</em>,” “<em>Conservation Limited Development</em>,” “<em>Building Sustainability and Resiliency into Local Planning Agencies</em>,” “<em>Local Agency Planning Management</em>” and “<em>Assessing Sustainability</em>.” Wayne is a fellow of the American Institute of Certified Planners and has won professional planner and advocacy planner awards from APA-MA. Wayne has a BS in natural resources from the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor and a master in city planning from the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill.</p>