The Lagos State Government has reduced the minimum land size for estate development to 5,000sqm, warning that enforcement will begin soon on 176 non-complying estates.
The Lagos State Government has reduced the minimum land size for estate development from 10,000 square metres to 5,000 square metres.
The Commissioner for Physical Planning and Urban Development, Dr. Oluyinka Olumide, announced this during the maiden Quarterly Media Parley held at the ministry’s conference room in Alausa. He explained that the policy shift was in line with “current realities in Lagos State, where increasing population and urbanisation continued to push the demand for housing and estate developments.”
Olumide disclosed that some of the 176 non-complying estates published in August had approached the ministry to regularise their status, but warned: “Enforcement will commence soon on those in the list of 176 non-complying estates that have not come forward for regularisation.”
He further revealed plans to extend regulatory exercises to Ikorodu and Ikeja, stressing the importance of city plans in aligning with major projects such as the Blue and Red Rail Lines, flyovers, and highways.