Building land in the city's development plan, does it take a long time?

Hello everyone,

I am just starting to deal with this topic. So I am grateful for any kind of improvements!

The situation is as follows:
A large area of farmland around a popular residential area has been designated as land for development for years. The development area is to be developed in four sections overall. The first section belongs to the city itself. A year ago, it prevented a developer from buying up the area or secured the right of first refusal in an expedited procedure. The legal validity for this section is expected at the beginning of 2015, then the required dead-end street will be built.

The land, which could currently only be developed in the second section (which could still take years), is in family ownership. We would very much like to take on building our own home. And if I have read correctly, as a landowner you pay a large part of the development costs anyway.

What can be done now? Plans already exist to develop the family land as well. But there is no timeframe yet, and we cannot/would not like to wait forever.

It would be great if someone could at least give me some guidance. Is it pointless? Or a bureaucratic battle? Would it be tactically unwise to basically reveal to the city that you yourself would like to build there?

Thank you!

Hello Diyudu,

first of all, welcome to the forum! :)

From my own experience, I can tell you that such a cost-sharing procedure can take several years.

I would therefore advise you to contact the responsible authority directly and be open and transparent.

It might even be possible to arrange a land swap (whole or in parts) between construction phase 1 and 2.

Regards,

Dirk

Something like this can take a long time and unfortunately cannot be sped up just by one person. A lot goes into it. First and foremost the project itself, then various consultations, then the budget in the financial plan, and so on and so forth.

From personal experience: the idea to develop our current building land was conceived by the city in 1989 (!). The legally binding development plan dates from 2006 (!). The land consolidation procedure started in 2011. The development work began at the beginning of 2013.

Two weeks ago we received the city's notice that we can now start building.

For us, that was luck... in 1989 I was 5 and my wife was 4 years old ;)

Thanks already for your answers. I'll stay on it for now ;)