Table 3: A comparison of the regulatory requirements set out in decree no. 54 Appendix 1 Appendix 2 4. Provision for town-planning activities of a land plot owned, used, leased or owned by legal entities or individuals is made only after the seizure (purchase) of this land plot from them in the prescribed manner. The decision to seize a land plot and demolish residential buildings, other buildings, structures or plantations is made in accordance with master plans, as well as detailed planning and development projects for residential areas and micro districts of settlements. 4. Provision for non-agricultural needs of a land plot owned, used, leased or owned by legal entities or individuals is made only after the seizure (purchase) of this land plot from them in the prescribed manner. 7. It is prohibited to provide land plots without urban planning documentation, except for the cases provided for by this Regulation. [Part II sets out procedures for granting land plots in the absence of urban planning documentation.] 11. In cases of receipt from legal entities and individuals of an application for the provision of land plots occupied by buildings and structures, the rights to which are registered for other individuals and legal entities in the manner prescribed by law, the applicant is sent a notification about the impossibility of providing the requested land plot, with a proposal to independently redeem the immovable property from the owners or other options for choosing free land plots. A False Sense of Legality 29

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