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Conservation groups propose transferable development rights and concurrency to curb sprawl
Summary
Advocates told senators transferable development rights and concurrency tools can preserve farmland and direct growth to areas with infrastructure, and urged the legislature to provide legal guardrails to help local governments implement the programs.
Conservation groups urged the Senate Fish, Game and Forestry briefing to support market-based transferable development rights (TDRs) and concurrency requirements that would steer growth toward infrastructure-ready areas and help preserve farmland and habitat.
Zach Bure, land, water and ocean project manager for Conservation Voters of South Carolina, described TDRs as a voluntary, market-driven tool that allows landowners in designated "sending" zones (for example, farmland or habitat) to sell development rights to developers…
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