DEVELOPMENT TRENDS OF THE INSTITUTE OF TARGETED LAND USE IN UKRAINE (PROBLEMS AND PROSPECTS)

Abstract

The article attempts to analyze the changes in the legislation of Ukraine on the targeted use of land resources by owners and land users in order to identify trends in the development of this institution of land law in the conditions of market relations. Conclusions were made about the contradictory nature of the development of legislation in this area. There is a steady tendency to break down the legally defined categories of land into types of purpose and increase their number, which leads to an unjustified restriction of the economic freedom of economic entities in the use of land resources belonging to them. On the other hand, there is a tendency to significantly simplify the procedure for changing the intended purpose of a significant number of land plots, up to the possibility for landowners and land users to independently make decisions about changing the intended purpose of land. In the legislation, there is a tendency to deepen the restrictions for landowners and land users in determining the directions of use of the land plots assigned to them. In the conditions of the opening of the land market, intensifying competition for land resources, permanent improvements in the classification of land purpose types, the simultaneous existence of 3 orders of exercising the right to change the purpose of land plots, even the landowner cannot feel confident and is under threat of sanctions for non-purpose land use and risks of violation of the procedure for changing the purpose of the land plot. The legislation in this part needs improvement in the direction of narrowing the scope of application of these sanctions.