New Jersey Highlands CouncilThe Highlands TDR Program is a regional program that permits the transfer of development rights, termed HDCs (Highlands Development Credit), to further the goals of the Highlands Act. As a land use tool, TDR permits a community to utilize market forces to encourage the transfer of development potential from areas that the community wants to preserve, called Sending Zones, to areas that are more appropriate to accommodate increased growth, called Receiving Zones. Landowners in the Sending Zones receive compensation for restricting development on their property. As a market-based system, payment for this lost development potential comes from purchasers who buy credits representing the lost development potential in the Sending Zones. The credits then entitle the purchaser to build in a Receiving Zone at a density greater than that otherwise permitted in the underlying zoning. Under the Highlands Act, certain benefits accrue to Receiving Zone municipalities where the resulting development density is five dwelling units per acre or greater. This layer represents HDC Allocations that were calculated as part of the RMP.ArcGIS FeatureLayerhttps://hub.arcgis.com/datasets/0f4f92f541734a7b975edfd3bc90ecac_1engNew Jersey Geographic Information Network (NJGIN) Open Data PortalPublicHDC Allocations [New Jersey]Web servicesNew JerseyLast Modified: 2021-06-08