NA permission for your land, handled from application to order
Non-agricultural (NA) conversion applications, follow-up and order — start to finish.
What this covers
- NA permission application
- Document preparation & submission
- Departmental follow-up
- NA order & record update
- Zoning and land-use guidance
- Post-NA documentation
The problem
You cannot build on agricultural land until it is converted. The NA process involves multiple departments, and applications get rejected or sit for months over small errors.
How we solve it
The application is built to survive the reports it will be circulated for, and submitted with the right supporting documents, and follow up with the office until the NA order is issued — then get the records updated.
Why clients choose us for this
How it works
- 1
Land assessment
We check eligibility and zoning.
- 2
Application
Prepared and filed with full documents.
- 3
Follow-up
We chase the file through the departments.
- 4
NA order
Order received and records updated.
Documents to bring
- 7/12 and 8-A extracts
- Title documents
- Site plan / layout
- Aadhaar & PAN of owner
- Property tax receipts
Send the 7/12 and the location and we will confirm the planning position first.
Send documents on WhatsAppNA Permission in Gujarat
Non-agricultural permission is the order that releases a parcel from agricultural use so it can lawfully be built on. In Gujarat it is granted under the Land Revenue Code by the Collector, in practice through the Deputy Collector or Prant Officer for the relevant prant, after the revenue and planning position on the land has been examined and the assessment revised.
It is not a formality and it is not automatic. The land has to be capable of the proposed use under the development plan and any town planning scheme covering it. Access has to exist. Reservations — for roads, gardens, schools, public purposes — have to be checked, because a parcel partly under reservation cannot be developed across the reserved portion whatever its tenure. Where the land is held on restricted tenure, that has to be resolved before conversion can be considered at all.
There is a further wrinkle worth knowing before you buy. Certain areas covered by a sanctioned development plan or town planning scheme are treated as non-agricultural for specified purposes without a separate order, which is why two neighbouring plots can sit in genuinely different positions. Whether your parcel falls inside such an area is one of the first things to establish.
The procedure, step by step
- 01
Establish the planning position
Before any application, we check the zone the land sits in under the development plan, whether a town planning scheme covers it and at what stage, and whether any part is under reservation. A conversion sought for a use the zone does not permit will be refused, and the fee and the months are spent either way.
- 02
Clear the tenure and the title
The 7/12 and 8A are examined, the tenure confirmed, and any restriction dealt with — including premium where the land is new tenure. Every co-holder shown on the record has to be on the application. An application filed by one of several holders is an application that stalls.
- 03
Assemble the technical papers
A layout or site plan prepared to the required standard, the survey map, an area statement, and the access position. Where the parcel has been subdivided, the sub-division has to be reflected in the record before the plan will match it.
- 04
File with the Deputy Collector
The application goes in with the record extracts, the plan, the title documents and the prescribed fee. It is then circulated for reports — typically to the Mamlatdar on the revenue position and to the planning authority on the zoning — and those reports drive the outcome more than the application itself does.
- 05
Site inspection and queries
The land is inspected and queries are raised. Most delay at this stage is caused by incomplete responses rather than by objections of substance, so queries are answered in full and in one go wherever possible.
- 06
The order, and what follows it
The sanction is issued with conditions — the permitted use, the time within which it must be commenced, and the revised non-agricultural assessment. Those conditions bind. The order is then carried into the revenue record, and building approval from the planning authority is a further, separate step: NA permission makes the land available for construction, it does not authorise a building.
What you will need
Revenue records
- 7/12 and 8A extracts
- Ferfar entries showing the chain of holding
- Survey or tippan map
- Tenure conversion order, where the land was restricted
Technical
- Layout or site plan to the prescribed standard
- Area statement and access details
- Zoning position under the development plan or TP scheme
Applicant
- Identity and address proof of every holder
- Consent of all co-holders
- Affidavit and undertakings as required by the office
Conversion charges and assessment
The cost has two parts: what is paid once to convert, and what is paid annually afterwards. The first varies with location and intended use.
| Conversion premium | Quoted for your matter in writing |
|---|---|
| Application fee | Quoted for your matter in writing |
| Revised non-agricultural assessment | Quoted for your matter in writing |
| Premium on restricted tenure | Quoted for your matter in writing |
Charges are payable on the sanction, and the order carries a period within which the permitted use must be commenced — allowing that period to lapse can put the sanction at risk.
How long it takes
- Planning and tenure check before filing
- 1–2 weeks
- Preparing plans and assembling records
- 2–3 weeks
- Departmental reports and site inspection
- On confirmation
- Sanction order
- On confirmation
Longer where a sub-division has to be reflected in the record first.
The single least predictable stage; answering queries promptly is what actually moves it.
Where this goes wrong
Buying on a promise that conversion is easy
Sellers of agricultural land near a growing city routinely present NA permission as a formality that follows purchase. It follows zoning. If the parcel sits in a zone that does not permit the use, or under a reservation, no amount of paperwork will produce the order.
Leaving a co-holder off the application
Every name on the record has to join. Applications filed by one holder on behalf of a family are returned, and the months lost are not recovered.
Treating NA as building permission
They are different sanctions from different authorities. Conversion changes the land's status; construction still needs plan approval, and afterwards a building use permission before the building can lawfully be occupied.
Letting the conditions lapse
The order specifies a use and a period for commencing it. Conditions that are ignored can be enforced later, and a purchaser inheriting a lapsed sanction inherits the problem with it.
Common questions
Conversion turns on zoning far more than on paperwork. These are the questions that decide it.
Call NowIt varies with the location and the department's workload. What makes the biggest difference is filing a complete, correct application at the start — which is where most delays are created.
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NA permission for your land, handled from application to order
The planning position established first, then a file that does not come back with queries.