The Badung Regency Public Order Agency (Satpol PP) has halted a land\nplot project on agricultural land within the green belt area on the\nborder of Gulingan and Baha Villages, Mengwi District. The land plot\nproject, situated within the Sustainable Food Agriculture Land (LP2B)\nzone, had previously gone viral on social media.<\/p>\n
\u201cBased on our latest monitoring, we no longer find any work\nactivities or heavy machinery at the project site. The cessation of\nthese activities is an administrative action taken to stop violations in\nthe area,\u201d said the Head of the Investigation and Research Section of\nBaderm Badung Satpol PP, Ida Bagus Ratu, on Sunday (13\/09\/2026).<\/p>\n
Although physical work has ceased since last August, the condition of\nthe land on the border of Banjar Pengabetan, Baha Village, and Gulingan\nVillage now leaves behind compacted road facilities and drainage\nchannels. The altered physical state of the site has prompted public\nquestions regarding the certainty of restoring the agricultural space\nfunction as intended.<\/p>\n
\u201cWorkers and heavy equipment were indeed withdrawn from the location\nlast month after our intervention. However, the layout of the land plots\nthat has already been formed is still clearly visible in the field,\u201d\nsaid Ida Bagus Ratu.<\/p>\n
Administrative enforcement by local regulation officers does not\nautomatically erase the developer\u2019s obligation to restore the land to\nits original intended use. The handling of spatial planning and\ntechnical aspects is now fully referred to the Badung Regency Public\nWorks and Spatial Planning Office (PUPR).<\/p>\n
\u201cMatters regarding spatial allocation and technical land arrangement\nare entirely within the authority of the spatial planning division at\nthe Badung PUPR Office. We at Satpol PP have carried out our duty in\nenforcing local regulations, and the landowner has also agreed not to\nproceed with the housing project,\u201d explained Ida Bagus Ratu.<\/p>\n
The land plotting project, managed by a developer from Gianyar on\nland owned by Mengwitani residents, is not the first time it has\ntriggered legal issues. In addition to enforcement by the Badung Regency\nGovernment, the activity of converting LP2B land function was also\nsubject to investigation by the Badung Police and the Bali Regional\nPolice.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis issue regarding the plotting of LP2B land has actually been\ninvestigated by the Badung Regency Government, up to the Police. But for\nnow, there is indeed no activity at all on the ground,\u201d said the\nCustomary Head (Bendesa Adict) of Baha Village, Ketut Parwata.<\/p>\n
The Baha Customary Village authorities emphasised that they never\nissued any permit documents or approvals for the land plotting\nactivities within their customary jurisdiction. Clarification efforts by\nthe village authorities towards the developer were unsuccessful, as the\nresponsible parties repeatedly failed to respond to summons.<\/p>\n
\u201cFrom the beginning, we in Baha Village never provided any permission\nor approval to the land plotting developers. We even attempted to summon\nthe developer for clarification, but the party concerned never\nappeared,\u201d concluded Parwata.<\/p>", "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/badung-public-order-agency-halts-land-plot-project-in-mengwi-green-belt-1789311200", "image": "" }, "sponsor": "Okusi Associates", "sponsor_url": "https:\/\/okusiassociates.com" }