Tanzania reduces the cost of surveying plots to 130,000/
The Tanzanian government has reduced the cost of surveying plots in developed areas to 130,000/- to alleviate financial burdens on citizens. Officials clarified that while this rate applies to land regularisation, conventional surveying costs remain dependent on specific logistical factors.
Why it matters
This policy change aims to improve land tenure security and formalize property ownership for a larger segment of the population.
DODOMA: THE Tanzanian government has reduced the cost of planning and surveying a single plot in developed areas to 130,000/-, down from between 250,000/- and 400,000/-, in a move aimed at easing the financial burden on citizens.
Deputy Minister for Lands, Housing and Human Settlements Development, Kaspar Mmuya, made the statement today, August 31, 2026, in Parliament in Dodoma while responding to a question from Mafinga Urban MP, Dickson Nathan Lutevele.
The legislator had sought to know when the government would introduce an affordable land surveying arrangement for residents of Isalavanu, Bumilayinga, Rungemba and Sao Hill wards.
Clarifying the matter, Mmuya said the cost of planning and surveying plots in developed areas was determined in accordance with the 2021 Land Regularisation Guidelines.
“The current cost of planning and surveying a single plot is 130,000/-,” he said.
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