Amalgamate (combine) adjoining plots into one title
State Department for Lands and Physical Planning · sources read 2 Oct 2026
Get your county's planning approval (PPA2), plus Land Control Board consent if it's farm land, then have Lands approve the amalgamation scheme. A licensed surveyor does the mutation, and you register it at the land registry to get one title for the combined plot.
- Fee
- KSh 1,500Lands approval of the scheme, per sub-plot (charter rate for sub-division/amalgamation schemes)KSh 1,000Registering the mutation at the land registryKSh 1,000Opening of the land registerKSh 2,500Title fee
- How long
- About 2 days for Lands to approve the scheme
- Where
- County planning office, then the Lands ministry (Land Administration) and your land registry
What you need
- County planning approval (PPA2 form)
- Land Control Board consent, for agricultural land
- At the registry: mutation form, amended registry index map (RIM), rent apportionment (leasehold), original titles
- Your ID or passport, KRA PIN certificate and 2 passport photos
Steps
- Get the county's approval on a PPA2 form, and Land Control Board consent if the land is agricultural.
- Submit the scheme to the Lands ministry (Land Administration), which checks it with survey and planning officers and approves it.
- A licensed surveyor prepares and signs the mutation, and the registry index map is amended to show the combined plot.
- Lodge the mutation with the original titles at the land registry and pay the fees to get one new title.
Watch out
- If the land is agricultural, you need Land Control Board consent before Lands will approve.
- Lands does not take cash. Pay all fees through ArdhiPay.
Who can apply
- Landowners who want to combine several of their parcels into one holding.
Official sources (3)
- Approval of Sub-division/Amalgamation Schemes lands.go.ke · read 2 Oct 2026
- Processing of Mutations lands.go.ke · read 2 Oct 2026
- SDLPP Service Charter (Updated 2025) lands.go.ke · read 2 Oct 2026