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Staff outlines tiered 'term PDR' plan to preserve Louisa County farmland
Summary
County staff presented a three-tier land-preservation initiative that would pair agricultural and forestal district participation with a new term purchase-of-development-rights (PDR) program—likely 10-year contracts—with draft options for per-acre payments, parcel minimums, and a potential developer fee to fund incentives.
Louisa County staff on Tuesday described a proposed Land Preservation Initiative built around a three-tier approach intended to preserve working lands and slow growth outside delineated growth areas.
Magdalise Brakeville, the county's land development agricultural conservation coordinator, said the county has roughly 310,750 acres and 28,444 parcels; outside designated growth areas there are about 256,502 acres (roughly 91.76% of agriculture-zoned land). She reported 981 responses to the county's comprehensive-plan survey and summarized public preferences showing…
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