Production Green Areas

• In Yokohama-shi, among the well-cultivated farmland with an area of 300 square meters or more (*) in the urbanization area, about those that meet the designated requirements of the Production Green Space Law and the designated standards of the city, through procedures for city planning And designated as a production green area.
• Farmland that has been designated is required by farmland owners to properly manage farmland.
• The designation of a production green area in Yokohama City started in 1992, and has been added every year so far.
• ※Reduction of area requirements
  • The revised Production Green Space Law was enforced in June 2017, and the municipalities have decided to reduce the designated area requirement, which was more than 500 square meters, to 300 square meters, to 300 square meters.
  • In response to this, in Yokohama City, from the viewpoint of the scale of efficient cultivation in farming and the complement of green space functions in urbanized areas, etc. We enacted "the regulations about scale of area of Yokohama-shi production green tract of land area" and reduced area requirements from 500 square meters to 300 square meters. （PDF：37KB）

Please see this about the reception period of production green tract of land designation designation, news of production green tract of land additional designation temporary offer acceptance of 2024
Click here for the flow of the procedure for designating a production green space, and the flow of additional designation of a production green area (schedule for city planning change)

• Agricultural land designated as a production green area is subject to tax incentives, making it easier for agriculture to continue. On the other hand, acts such as construction of buildings and development of residential land are restricted to maintain as farmland.
• But, about facility for agriculture, we can install with permission of the mayor when there is not possibility to adversely affect neighboring living environment.
• About setting of simple facility and farmland development, it becomes report only.

For more information, please contact Agricultural Policy Promotion Division.

• The owner of the production green area can offer to the mayor to purchase the production green area at the market price under certain requirements when the following events occur.
  • After 30 years have passed since it was designated as a production green space
  • Even if less than 30 years have passed, when the main farmer of agriculture dies or becomes unable to farm.　　　　　　　　　　(* "Failure" refers to failures that make it impossible to engage in agriculture, such as severe disabilities that cannot continue farming or hospitalization that requires a period of more than one year.)

Click here for details of the procedure and flow of purchase offer of production green area

• In the production green area, special tax measures such as inheritance tax and property tax will no longer be applied after 30 years have passed since the designation.
• In order to continue the application, an application procedure for "Specific Production Green Space" is required.
• Procedures for specific production green tracts must be received 30 years before the designation, and after 30 years, the designation of specific production green tracts will not be possible.

Click here for details of the procedure for specific production green space