Change of user or extension of user for land
State Department for Lands and Physical Planning · sources read 1 Oct 2026
Apply to your county government first for permission to change how the land is used, then take the county approval (PPA2) to the Lands ministry, which charges a KSh 10,000 approval fee. Agricultural land also needs Land Control Board consent.
- Fee
- KSh 10,000Lands ministry approval of change or extension of user
- How long
- About 3 days at the Lands ministry, after the county has approved (service charter)
- Where
- Your county government's physical planning office first, then the Lands ministry (Ardhi House, Nairobi, or your county lands office)
What you need
- County approval: the original, current PPA2 form
- Land Control Board consent, if the land is agricultural
- A planning brief and a newspaper notice of the change
Steps
- Apply to your county government for development permission for the new use, on the county's form, and pay the county fee.
- In the application, say what the land will be used for. Prepare a planning brief and put a notice in a newspaper.
- Once the county approves (PPA2), take it to the Lands ministry with the Land Control Board consent if the land is agricultural.
- Pay the KSh 10,000 approval fee. Survey, physical planning and land administration officers comment before approval.
Watch out
- You need county development permission before you start using the land in a new way. Don't build or change use first.
- For leasehold land, the annual ground rent is worked out again after a change of user.
Who can apply
- Landowners who want to change what the land is used for, for example from residential to commercial, or to extend its current use.
Official sources (4)
- Approval for Change/Extension of User lands.go.ke · read 1 Oct 2026
- Service Charter (Updated 2025) lands.go.ke · read 1 Oct 2026
- Physical and Land Use Planning Act, 2019 (No. 13 of 2019), sections 57 and 58 new.kenyalaw.org · read 1 Oct 2026
- Determination of Ground Rent lands.go.ke · read 1 Oct 2026