Subdivide land and get new title deeds
State Department for Lands and Physical Planning · sources read 30 Sep 2026
Get the county's planning approval (PPA2), plus Land Control Board consent if it's farm land, then have Lands approve the scheme at KSh 1,500 per sub-plot. A licensed surveyor does the mutation, and you register it at the land registry to get a title for each new plot.
- Fee
- KSh 1,500Lands approval of the subdivision scheme, per sub-plotKSh 1,000Registering the mutationKSh 1,000Opening of the land registerKSh 2,500Title fees
- How long
- About 3 days at the land registry once the survey and approvals are done
- Where
- County planning office first, then the Ministry of Lands, then the land registry where the land is registered (your surveyor uses Ardhisasa)
What you need
- A copy of your title and a current official search (for the county planning application)
- County approval (PPA2) and, for farm land, Land Control Board consent
- The mutation form and amended map (RIM) from your surveyor, plus the consent to subdivide
- Your original title, ID or passport, KRA PIN certificate and 2 passport-size photos
- For leasehold land: rent apportionment
Steps
- Apply to your county planning office to approve the subdivision (PPA2). If it's agricultural land, also get Land Control Board consent.
- Take the approvals to Lands for approval of the subdivision scheme and pay KSh 1,500 for each new plot.
- Hire a licensed surveyor. They get and submit the mutation forms on Ardhisasa and survey the new plots.
- Lodge the mutation with your original title at the land registry. The registry records the new plots and issues a title for each.
Watch out
- Planners don't approve new plots smaller than 0.05 hectares (about an eighth of an acre).
- Only a registered surveyor can handle the mutation forms, so you can't do the survey paperwork yourself.
- On leasehold land, the annual ground rent is worked out again for the new plots after subdivision.
Who can apply
- The land owner. The surveyor needs proof that you own the land (and Land Control Board consent for farm land).
Official sources (8)
- Approval of Sub-division/Amalgamation Schemes lands.go.ke · read 30 Sep 2026
- Processing of Mutations lands.go.ke · read 30 Sep 2026
- Online Sale & Processing of Mutation Forms lands.go.ke · read 30 Sep 2026
- Determination of Ground Rent lands.go.ke · read 30 Sep 2026
- SDLPP Service Charter (updated 2025) lands.go.ke · read 30 Sep 2026
- Physical and Land Use Planning Handbook, 2025 (Popular Version) lands.go.ke · read 30 Sep 2026
- Land Registries lands.go.ke · read 30 Sep 2026
- Ardhisasa ardhisasa.lands.go.ke · read 30 Sep 2026