How to change the purpose of the land plot?

Today, permission to change the purpose of the land plot is no longer required. The first step requires a notarized application to change the purpose of the land plot, signed by the owner. It is this statement that will be the basis for the development of the land management project regarding the change in the purpose of the land in the next step. On July 1, 2021, the ban on changing the purpose and type of use of land plots for commercial agricultural production, land plots allocated in kind to the owners of land plots for the management of personal peasant farms and land plots (shares) was canceled.

Part 6 of Article 20 of the Land Code of Ukraine establishes that changing the purpose of a land plot does not require:

• development of land management documentation (except in cases of formation of a land plot from state and communal property, not formed into land plots);

• decision-making by the Verkhovna Rada of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, the Council of Ministers of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, the executive power body and the local self-government body (except for decisions on establishing and changing the purpose of land plots, which are issued by such bodies).

The second step will be to apply to the land management organization with a notarized application for a change of purpose, in order to prepare a land management project regarding the allocation of the land plot with a change of its purpose. To do this, it is necessary to conclude a contract with the land management organization, in which the cost of the works and the terms of execution must be clearly defined. Pay attention to the fact that the contract specifies specific deadlines for the work. Only a person who has a certificate of a land management engineer can be the executor of works on the construction of a land management project. The list of such persons is posted on the official website of the State Geocadaster (https://dzk.gov.ua/).

The third step on the way to changing the purpose of the land plot will be the implementation of geodetic works by the land management organization and the development of the land management project regarding the allocation of the land plot within the terms established by the contract. The boundaries of the land plot, if necessary, must be fixed with boundary signs of the established model. The land management project must be drawn up in paper form and in the form of an electronic document.

The fourth step on the way to changing the intended purpose of a land plot is to apply to the body authorized to make a decision on changing the intended purpose of a land plot with a request for project approval. Therefore, it is necessary to apply to the village, settlement city council, and if the land plot is located outside the settlement - to the local state administration.

The fifth step, which must be carried out, is to submit a project on changing the purpose of the land plot to the state cadastral registrar to the local office of the State Geocadastre in order to enter information about the change of purpose to the State Land Cadastre.

The application is accompanied by a land management project developed and approved by the authorized bodies regarding the allocation of the land plot in paper form and in the form of an electronic document. This service is provided free of charge. Your application is considered by the state cadastral registrar within 14 days. The state cadastral registrar must issue an Extract from the State Land Cadastre.

The final step is to enter the new purpose of the land plot in the register of property rights.