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Data accessed May 2024
Source: Chester County Planning Commission, Estimated Total Protected Open Space as of December 31, 2014 through 2023
Information and mapping complied by Chester County's Protected Open Space Mapping System (POST) is available at the Planning Commission's Open Space web page.
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| Cumulative Protected Open Space | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Federal Park | 1,307.0 | 1,307.0 | 1,307.0 | 1,307.0 | 1,307.0 | 1,307.0 | 1,307.0 | 1,307.0 | 1,307.0 | 1,307.0 |
| State Park | 4,947.6 | 4,947.6 | 4,973.3 | 5,227.8 | 5,666.4 | 5,666.4 | 6,003.8 | 6,003.8 | 6,170.0 | 6,170.0 |
| ALPB Easements | 34,658.1 | 36,138.4 | 37,133.5 | 38,460.5 | 40,033.7 | 41,280.9 | 41,894.1 | 43,317.9 | 43,901.9 | 44,326.9 |
| County Park | 4,120.1 | 4,133.9 | 4,133.9 | 4,347.2 | 4,349.7 | 4,464.7 | 4,443.6 | 4,441.6 | 4,441.6 | 4,441.6 |
| Municipal Recreational Park* | 3,038.9 | 3,042.5 | 3,133.0 | 3,136.3 | 3,207.8 | 3,319.8 | 4,378.5 | 8,390.4 | 8,469.7 | 8,702.0 |
| Municipally Protected Open Space * | 8,629.1 | 8,752.7 | 8,771.8 | 8,918.8 | 9,044.0 | 9,150.4 | 8,053.8 | 4,255.9 | 4,275.0 | 4,256.0 |
| Purchase of Development Rights | 45.6 | 128.1 | 149.0 | 190.6 | 190.6 | 190.6 | 190.6 | 190.6 | 257.7 | 257.7 |
| Transfer of Development Rights | 1,002.7 | 1,002.7 | 1,002.7 | 1,002.7 | 1,002.7 | 1,002.7 | 1,002.7 | 1,002.7 | 1,069.5 | 1,128.1 |
| Land Trust Owned in-fee | 7,143.7 | 7,363.2 | 7,410.7 | 8,131.1 | 8,366.5 | 8,274.4 | 8,297.5 | 8,497.7 | 8,543.8 | 8,611.6 |
| Land Trust Easements | 47,649.6 | 48,129.3 | 48,594.0 | 50,309.3 | 50,965.5 | 51,573.8 | 51,906.6 | 52,810.7 | 53,494.6 | 53,690.4 |
| Managed Lands Owned in-fee | 5,132.4 | 5,132.4 | 5,142.8 | 5,142.8 | 5,427.6 | 5,572.9 | 5,594.0 | 6,199.2 | 6,318.7 | 6,332.4 |
| Managed Lands with Public Sector Easements | 391.4 | 391.4 | 393.3 | 393.3 | 393.3 | 405.2 | 405.2 | 405.2 | 405.2 | 405.2 |
| Home Owner Association POS | 15,816.5 | 15,902.1 | 16,294.5 | 16,322.7 | 16,690.5 | 16,878.6 | 17,045.6 | 17,428.8 | 18,012.2 | 18,847.3 |
| SUBTOTAL | 133,882.6 | 136,371.0 | 138,439.4 | 142,889.9 | 146,645.3 | 149,087.3 | 151,095.0 | 154,251.5 | 156,667.1 | 158,476.1 |
| DOUBLE COUNTED OPEN SPACE | -6,045.1 | -6,109.0 | -6,310.7 | -6,576.2 | -6,647.4 | -6,854.6 | -6,854.6 | -7,287.2 | -7,282.9 | -7,282.9 |
| TOTAL | 127,837.5 | 130,262.0 | 132,128.8 | 136,313.7 | 139,997.9 | 142,232.7 | 144,246.5 | 146,964.3 | 149,384.1 | 151,193.2 |
| Percent of County (485,845 Acres) | 26.3% | 26.8% | 27.2% | 28.1% | 28.8% | 29.3% | 29.7% | 30.2% | 0.3 | 0.3 |
* A review conducted in the summer of 2021 determined that many of the parcels which had been classified as Municipally Protected Open Space now contained recreational infrastructure such as trails, and so were reclassified as Municipal Recreational Parks.
