Buying, renting, or using green space or residual land

If we approve the application, we will start negotiations for the sale. The purchase price and buyer's costs are payable by the buyer. Sometimes the municipality will engage an appraiser. These costs are payable by the buyer.

You can buy, rent, or temporarily use a piece of municipal land next to your home, even if it is adjacent to your garden. This applies to public green spaces or residual land. You will have to pay for this.

The purchase, lease, or use of municipal land is only permitted if it benefits everyone. It is illegal to use municipal land without permission from the municipality.

You cannot purchase land that belongs to the municipal green space in your residential area.

Requirements purchasing, renting, or using municipal land include:

• The green strip or residual land borders your home. Or the garden next to your home.
• You are the owner of the property.
• The neighbors are not bothered by the fact that the green strip belongs to you.
• You are responsible for maintaining the green space yourself.
• Your plans for the plot of land are urbanistically sound.
• There are no cables or pipes running under the plot of land.
• The plot of land is not too close to the sewer.

• If a residual strip borders on multiple properties belonging to different owners, we can only sell the strip if all owners of the adjacent land wish to purchase it.

If we approve the application for the purchase of municipal land, additional time will be required for:

• drawing up the contract
• decision-making
• the notarial deed

You cannot object to the decision on your application. It is also not possible to appeal.