The role of land administration for landconsolidation finding

The role of land administration for landconsolidation: finding new projects

Goals in the rural areas in the Netherlands § Ecological Main Structure (EMS) § Water goals (EU Water Framework Directive/21 st Century Water Management) § Infrastructure § Improvement of the agricultural structure 2

Available instruments to achieve the goals § Voluntary re-allotment based on an exchange-plan § Land consolidation without expropriation based on the law § Land consolidation in combination with expropreation based on the law 3

Which instrument must be used? Depends on: § Goals that must be achieved § Area situation 4

Analysing the area situation (1) § Analysing of each province § Based on land administration (land registry/cadastre) § Extract of land administration; only main information: - plots - most important owner - address of the owner - area - unique address code (ZIP code + building number addition) § Only rural areas 5

Analysing the area situation (2) § Combining owners by using the unique address code (e. g. man and wife are married. Man owns a few parcels and his wife owns a few parcels. They are living on the same address. So the parcels will be united by using the unique address code) Consequence: forming of some kind of ‘land-users’ § Combining of cadastral plots by using 2 conditions: - equal ‘land-user’ - cadastral plots must touch each other § Forming of ‘house-plots’ and ‘field-plots’ (overlay with main-buildings) 6

Analysing the area situation (3) § Available: 7

Analysing the area situation (4) Maps about agricultural structure: % ‘house-plots’ Average number of field-plots 8

Analysing the area situation (5) Barometer of consolidation § Percentage ‘house-plots’ § Average number of ‘field-plots’ § Average area of ‘house-plots’ § Average area of ‘field-plots’ 9

Analysing the area situation (6) Ecological Main Structure Property of national landbank 10

Pressure maps (1) § Dividing the province into ‘block-parts’ § Boundaries of each ‘block-part’ are: - highways - main roads - railroads - rivers/canals - choices of other smaller roads 11

Analysing the area situation (7) Model 1: • 100%-model for farmers • no allocation for property of landbank 12

Analysing the area situation (7) Model 2: • 100%-model for farmers • no allocation for property of landbank • area claims for not achieve EMS 13

Explanation of models Model 1: - 100% of all ‘land-users’ must be allocated inside the ‘blockpart’ of the ‘house-plot’ (if a ‘land-user’ doesn’t have a ‘house-plot’ inside the province or rural area then 100% of their area will be allocated inside the ‘blockpart’ closest to their address) - No allocation of property of the national landbank Model 2: - Model 1 & - Area of Ecological Main Structure that is not achieved will be put as a area-claim inside the ‘block-part’ 14

Conclusions by combining the maps (1) § If the only goal is improvement of agriculture structure: - in block-parts with bad ‘barometer of consolidation’ - low pressure in map 100%-model-for-farmers: instrument to use: voluntary re-allotment (based on an exchange plan) - high pressure in map 100%-model-for-farmers: instrument to use: land consolidation without expropriation 15

Conclusions by combining the maps (2) § Goals: improvement of agriculture structure and achievement of Ecological Main Structure - in block-parts with bad ‘barometer of consolidation’ - low pressure in map 100%-for-farmers-and-claims-EMS: instrument to use: voluntary reallotment based on an exchange plan - high pressure in map 100%-for-farmers-and-claims-EMS: instrument to use: land consolidation - if ‘house-plots’ are hit by the EMS: instrument to use: land consolidation with expropriation 16

Finally § Based on the registry of property information important maps can be created § Based on these maps Cadastre Netherlands advises decision-makers (Government, Provinces, Waterboards) where to start projects and which instrument must be used 17

Thank you for your attention! 18