The offices that govern Seychelles land, and the professionals who help you deal with it. Contacts are verified against official sources where possible, and marked where they still need confirming.
Custodian of the land register. Registers transfers, leases, mortgages and the immovable-property-tax register for non-Seychellois owners. This is where a deed becomes registered title. Headed by the Registrar General.
The central body for planning and zoning under the Physical Planning Act 2021. Grants development permission, administers subdivision and land-use zoning, and operates as a semi-autonomous entity under the ministry responsible for lands.
Where a non-Seychellois files the sanction-to-purchase application (form IP/3) to acquire, lease or hold an option over immovable property. Sets policy on land use and the foreign-ownership criteria.
Approves business and tourism development projects, which foreign investors typically need alongside land sanction for a commercial development.
Licenses the professionals involved in land, including valuation and quantity surveyors whose valuations are used for tax and sanction. A valuer must hold a valid licence and be approved by the minister responsible for land to value for those purposes.
For any figure that carries. Immovable property tax, a sanction application, a mortgage or a dispute. The law wants a valuation by a licensed valuation or quantity surveyor approved for the purpose. Start with a SeyLand estimate, then engage a surveyor for the certified valuation. We are compiling a verified list. If you are a licensed surveyor and want to be listed, contact us.
Re-establish beacons from the survey record, resolve boundary uncertainty, and prepare cadastral plans for subdivision. The first call when a boundary is unclear or a beacon is missing.
Design to the planning zone and prepare the drawings for a development-permission application to the Planning Authority.
Every land disposition is executed before a notary, who confirms title, prepares the deed and lodges it for registration. Remember you may appoint your own notary. You are not bound to the seller's or agent's choice.