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Land consolidation; application for funding

The Free State of Bavaria uses land consolidation to promote and support projects by municipalities and public planning authorities, e.g. to improve rural infrastructure and to preserve and shape nature and landscapes.

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Amt für Ländliche Entwicklung Niederbayern

Amt für Ländliche Entwicklung Niederbayern

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Dr.-Schlögl-Platz 1
94405 Landau a.d.Isar

Postal address

Postfach 69

94401 Landau a.d.Isar

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Procedure details

Purpose

Land consolidation is an instrument for the sustainable development of the cultural landscape. The aim is to improve production and working conditions in agriculture and forestry, maintain and improve the performance and functionality of the ecosystem, protect natural resources (soil, water, air) and support the necessary expansion of infrastructure. Land readjustment can also reconcile economic and ecological interests in the cultural landscape. The Rural Development Offices offer technical, organizational, legal and financial support. This enables the comprehensive reorganization of land ownership, the implementation of construction and design measures, traffic development and improvement of infrastructure, water management measures, measures for leisure and recreation as well as measures for soil protection, nature conservation and land management to be implemented. Land consolidation strengthens economic power and improves the structure of rural areas as a place to live, work, recreate and enjoy nature.

Object

The following expenditure is eligible for support in land consolidation

the planning and construction of roads and paths water management measures soil protection, nature conservation and landscape conservation measures measures for leisure and recreation land readjustment with surveying, demarcation and valuation the reorganization of vineyards and special crops.

Beneficiaries

Local authorities and associations of local authorities are eligible to apply.

Eligible costs, type and amount

The amount of funding depends on the economic capacity of the community of participants. They are as follows

  • up to 75% for the planning and construction of roads and paths, bodies of water, land conservation measures, measures for leisure and recreation and for land readjustment measures
  • up to 65% for the reorganization of vineyards and special crops

The funding can be increased, for example

  • for land readjustments with special ecological objectives or high significance for the preservation of the cultural landscape
  • for the implementation of an integrated rural development concept or a local development strategy (as part of LEADER)
  • in the case of land conservation measures, if there is a particular public interest or to secure the ecological purpose in rem

In land consolidation, up to 50% of the participant's own contribution can be funded for agricultural land leased on a long-term basis.

To carry out a land consolidation, a procedure must be initiated in accordance with the Land Consolidation Act. For this purpose, municipalities or landowners submit a written application to the responsible Office for Rural Development. The office checks whether the requirements for carrying out a land consolidation are met and whether the parties involved are willing to cooperate.

Application

The funding application must be submitted to the locally responsible Office for Rural Development.

Approval

Grants can only be approved if the project in question has not yet begun.

The measures in the land consolidation procedure are financed by public subsidies, cost sharing by other organizations and contributions from the land owners (participants).

The applications can be submitted continuously at the earliest from the time the land readjustment is ordered and at the latest before completion by final determination.

There is no legal entitlement to funding.

  • Land readjustment; information

    In land consolidation, rural land is reorganized, surveyed and developed in order to improve the agricultural structure and economic strength, municipalities or public planning authorities are supported and nature and landscape are preserved and shaped.

  • Community development concepts; application for funding
    The Free State of Bavaria strengthens rural communities as sustainable, attractive and vital living spaces by promoting holistic concepts for their future development.
Status: 15.01.2025
Editorially responsible for prodecure description: Bayerisches Staatsministerium für Ernährung, Landwirtschaft, Forsten und Tourismus
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