The citizen sent a question to the Ministry of Agriculture and Environment and said that his family has a plot of agricultural land with an area of 499m2 located in a residential area, not in the same plot of land with residential land of the household.
This citizen said that according to the approved old district-level land use planning, the planned land plot location is residential land. Citizens ask if the family is eligible to change the purpose of use to residential land?
Responding to this question, the Ministry of Agriculture and Environment said that Clause 5, Article 116 of the Land Law on the basis for land allocation, land lease, and permission to change land use purposes stipulates: "The basis for allowing the conversion of agricultural land use purposes in residential areas, agricultural land in the same plot of land with residential land to residential land or converting the purpose of using non-agricultural land other than residential land to residential land for households and individuals is the district-level land use planning or general planning or zoning planning according to the provisions of the law on urban planning approved by competent authorities."
Thus, regarding planning, if the citizen's land plot is in accordance with one of the three planning areas mentioned in Clause 5, Article 116 of the Land Law, the purpose of conversion to residential land will be considered.
