Land agency modifies plot survey policy

Land agency modifies plot survey policy

JAKARTA (JP): The Jakarta office of the National Land Agency
wants Jakartans applying for land certificates to include
potential neighbors in the process in order to prevent arduous
and time-consuming processing delays.

Head of the office Sunar Sastroredjo said over the weekend
that such "collective" applications enable his office to process
the papers faster because surveys of the plots of land in
question can be done more easily with access to previous
measurement records for adjacent plots.

He expects this system, in which the potential owner of a plot
of land submits the application along with the owners or
potential owners of adjacent plots, to eliminate disputes arising
due to imprecise information on the borders of plots of land.

He acknowledged that constraints faced in doing detailed,
accurate surveys of plots hinder land certification. "Many
officers frequently have difficulties in determining the exact
land borders for a single land plot due to lack of easy access to
the people owning the neighboring plot, who have the authority to
make a settlement on any unclear border," he said.

"The delay in the measuring of certain plots of land means
that the processing takes a longer period of time," Sunar was
quoted by Suara Pembaruan daily as saying.

Such delays can be minimized through the "collective
applications because land owners, who are eager to have their
land certificates cleared as soon as possible, could be more
easily reached to settle any border dispute," he said.

Sunar guaranteed that any application done under the
"collective land certificate processing system" can be completed
within about four months.

"It will depend somewhat on what papers are necessary for the
certificate processing, based on the city planning agency's
policy," he said.

He added that he was certain that as long as all requirements
were fulfilled, the processing could be facilitated under the new
system.

Sunar also said that his office has applied a new computerized
system, designed to help facilitate the processing of all
applications.

Sunar said that now all applications are processed
automatically.

"Don't worry, all applications will be processed. I monitor
the progress of this processing in the monthly meeting," he said.
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