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Home Real Estate Terms Glossary Planned Unit Development

What is a Planned Unit Development?

We can define a planned unit development, also known as PUD, as a community of single-family homes, and at times townhomes or condos, where all homeowners belong to a homeowners association (HOA). So, PUDs are housing developments that don’t follow the standard zoning requirements; rather, they work closely with the local government in order to develop criteria that determine private areas, common areas, and building guidelines.

Did you know that a planned unit development permits greater flexibility in land use regulations?

Examples of Planned Unit Development

  • Example 1: Residential PUDs
  • Example 2: Non-residential PUDs

Here’s Wikipedia’s definition of Planned Unit Development .

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