development rights

American  

plural noun

1. rights to use real property, such as farmland, in ways that differ from the current use.

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Example Sentences

F Homeowners who cannot rebuild in perimeter and interior buffer zones can work with city offcials to exchange development rights, allowing them to rebuild in safer neighborhoods.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 12, 2025

Something similar to development rights transfers has become a key element in the recovery of Paradise, Calif., the foothill town almost completely destroyed in the 2018 Camp fire.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 22, 2025

Permitted development rights meant the local authority did not need planning permission to construct the units, which will stand for five years.

From BBC • Nov. 10, 2024

He will also announce plans to cut bureaucracy around permitted development rights, so farmers can more easily diversify and develop new businesses, such as farm shops, commercial space and sporting venues.

From BBC • Feb. 19, 2024

For under metropolitan conditions fee ownership, either of land or of its development rights, seems to give the only certainty of control over land's use.

From The Nation's River A report on the Potomac from the U.S. Department of the Interior by United States. Dept. of the Interior.