CONSERVATION SUBDIVISION DESIGNS

When development and natural landscapes collide, natural landscapes frequently lose… and lose big. This is due to our mentality toward land, that it is a resource to be used up by development. This attitude fails to recognize the landscape's ability to accommodate multiple objectives simultaneously. For example, open space and farmland can exist alongside housing on the same property. The farmland or open space is protected while the landowner retains the right to develop the other portion of the property. This type of development is recognized as the open lands subdivision design concept and utilizes only a small part of properties, leaving the remaining land to perform other important functions.
Banisch Associates, Inc. pioneered this design concept which passed judicial muster in New Jersey's Appellate Court. Let us show you how the open lands subdivision design concept offers a development alternative that respects property owners' rights, as well as the vision of the larger community.