The “White Lands” program announced the completion of the development of 6 fee-liable lands by their owners in Riyadh, located on a total area exceeding 1.5 million square meters, within the framework of the program’s objectives to support supply and achieve balance in the market.
The program explained in a press statement today that the land provides about 3,000 residential plots in the city of Riyadh, indicating that the fees are not applied when the land development is completed with the final approval of the plan or its construction within one year from the date of issuance of the “payment order”, with the aim of stimulating development and increasing the supply of developed land, which benefits citizens first and contributes to increasing the real estate supply.
The program indicated that the current phase concerns undeveloped lands with an area of 10,000 m2 or more located within the scope announced when the program was launched in its first phase in 2017 and the issuance of payment orders (billing) began, noting that the results of the studies conducted by the program team in cooperation with the concerned authorities during the past period contributed to the application of the first phase of white land fees in Madinah, Asir, Taif, Jazan region, Tabuk, and Al-Ahsa, with the application of fees to be extended to other cities including Hafr Al-Batin, Qassim, Hail, and others.
It is worth mentioning that the program's implementation phases became 3 phases after the Cabinet approved the amendment to the program's regulations. The first phase included undeveloped lands with an area of 10,000 m2 or more for one owner. The second phase included developed lands with an area of 10,000 m2 or more for one or more owners, in addition to the total developed lands for one owner with an area of 10,000 m2 or more in one approved plan. The third phase specified developed lands with an area of 5,000 m2 or more for one owner or a group of owners, and the total developed lands for one owner with an area of 10,000 m2 or more in one city. All phases are implemented within the urban area determined by the Ministry of Municipal and Rural Affairs and Housing.
