Mr. L.A (in An Giang) reflected that he has 200 m2 of land for growing perennial crops, now he wants to build a house with an area of 100 m2. He asked, what procedures do you need to follow to convert and build?
The Ministry of Agriculture and Environment responds to this issue as follows:
If he wants to change the land use purpose from perennial land to residential land (to build a house), the basis for changing his land use purpose is stipulated in Point a, Clause 3 or Clause 5, Article 116 of the 2024 Land Law, Clause 2, Article 22 of Decree No. 151/2025/ND-CP dated June 12, 2025 of the Government regulating the division of authority of local authorities at 02 levels, decentralization and delegation in the land sector (corrected by Decision No. 2418/QD-BNNMT dated June 28, 2025 of the Minister of Agriculture and Environment).
His above conversion of land use purposes is one of the cases of land use purpose conversion that must be permitted by a competent state agency as prescribed in Point b, Clause 1, Article 121.
The authority to decide to permit the change of land use purpose is the Chairman of the People's Committee at the commune level as prescribed in Point m, Clause 1, Article 5 of Decree No. 151/2025/ND-CP.
The order and procedures for allowing land use purpose change are implemented according to the provisions of Article 227 of the 2024 Land Law.
The administrative procedures for land allocation, land lease, and land use conversion for the above case are stipulated in Point 1, Section B, Part II of the new administrative procedures and administrative procedures amended and supplemented in the field of land under the state management of the Ministry of Agriculture and Environment issued with Decision No. 3380/QD-BNNMT dated August 25, 2025 of the Ministry of Agriculture and Environment.
