The Shura Council approved in its session today the transformation of the draft organizational arrangements for imposing fees on white lands into a system, and assigned its implementation to the Ministry of Housing, and the Council canceled all land exceptions of any kind, and the Shura Council will submit its decision this week to the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques after reviewing its final wording.

The Shura Council rejected the imposition of fees on undeveloped land, and left the Council of Ministers to determine the appropriate time to impose fees on developed land. The Council refused to impose fees on undeveloped lands, leaving the Council of Ministers to determine the appropriate time to impose fees on developed lands, and assigned the executive committee in the system the task of determining the start of the developed or undeveloped land, as well as its criteria and area, and the Council canceled the committee formed to inspect lands and determine the application of fees on them, and the Council approved in its meeting to determine the value of the fee by a percentage instead of what was proposed per meter of 100 riyals.

. The Council, represented by the Housing and Services Committee, approved certain objectives of the new system and emphasized encouraging the increase of developed land, providing land for citizens at appropriate prices and protecting fair competition.