Ms. Nguyen Thi Tam (Ninh Binh) has an 80 m2 agricultural land plot and wants to convert it to residential land. Ms. Tam wonders how to know if her land plot is eligible for conversion to residential land. At the same time, Ms. Tam wants to know the order of converting agricultural land use purposes to residential land.
Answering this question, Lawyer Tran Tuan Anh - Director of Bright Legal Law Firm - said that to convert agricultural land to residential land in 2026, first of all, land users need to check whether the land plot is in accordance with the land use plan, general plan or zoning plan that has been approved.
This is an important condition for state agencies to consider allowing land use purpose conversion according to Article 116 of the 2024 Land Law," Lawyer Tuan Anh emphasized.
According to this lawyer, if eligible, land users submit a dossier requesting land use purpose conversion to the dossier receiving agency according to local regulations. The land management agency will check the dossier, conditions for purpose conversion and submit it to the competent authority to issue a decision allowing the conversion from agricultural land to residential land.
After having a decision allowing the purpose conversion, land users must fully fulfill financial obligations according to the notice of the tax authority. When financial obligations are completed, the land registration agency will update the type of land from agricultural land to residential land on the cadastral records and Certificates.
The procedure will include the following steps: Planning inspection - submission of dossiers - state agency review - issuance of decision allowing change of purpose - payment of land use fees - updating Certificate", Lawyer Tuan Anh informed.
