The Digital Land Bank will be piloted from today, Monday 16 March 2026, opening the first operational stage for the activation of the Building Factor Transfer process, through a modern digital system that ensures transparency, speed and reliability.
The activation of the Digital Land Bank is a political choice with a strong institutional and developmental footprint. For the first time, a tool that for decades has been trapped between institutional loose ends and administrative dysfunctions has a clear framework for implementation and digital support. The Ministry of Environment and Energy is moving to address a long institutional backlog in the protection of the built environment.
In particular, by the Joint Ministerial Decision (Government Gazette B’ 1451/13-3-2026) of the Minister of Digital Governance and Artificial Intelligence, Dimitris Papastergiou and the Deputy Minister of Environment and Energy, Nikos Tagaras, establishes the pilot procedure for the registration in the Digital Land Bank of titles for the transfer of Building Factor that are in force, have a building balance to be transferred and have been issued under Laws 880/1979, 2300/1995 and 3044/2002.
The Building Factor Transfer is a critical urban planning tool that contributes to the protection of listed buildings and public spaces, as well as to rational spatial development through the Building Factor Reception Zones (FZs), where a building factor can be transferred. It is noted that the pilot operation of the Digital Land Bank is expected to last up to four (4) months and is part of the overall digital modernization of urban planning tools implemented by the Ministry of Environment and Energy. At the same time, it is part of the flagship spatial planning reform of the Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources, the “Konstantinos Doxiadis” Urban Planning Reforms Programme, under which Local and Special Urban Plans (LSPs and SPPs) covering approximately 80% of the Territory are prepared, as well as studies for the definition of Building Factor Reception Zones (BZs), forming an integrated and coherent institutional environment for spatial planning and sustainable development.
The process of registering Building Factor Transfer titles is carried out electronically through the gov.gr, with the participation of authorized engineers and with the electronic confirmation and consent of the owners or their legal representatives. The implementation of the procedure is carried out with the assistance of the Technical Chamber of Greece (TEE), while the platform is interconnected through the Interoperability Centre of the General Secretariat for Information Systems and Digital Governance of the Ministry of Digital Governance and NT, with key information systems of the Public Administration, such as the tax register of the Hellenic Tax Administration, the Greek Land Registry, the National Communication Registry (emep.gov.gr) and the GEMI, ensuring the interoperability of data and the reliability of the process.
The Minister of Digital Governance and Artificial Intelligence, Dimitris Papastergiou said: “The pilot operation of the Digital Land Bank is another essential step for the digital modernization of the Public Administration and the use of modern technological tools in critical areas of public policy. Through the development of the new platform, a reliable and transparent digital environment for the management of the Building Tax Transfer is being created for the first time. In cooperation with the Ministry of Environment and Energy, we are making a key institutional intervention that proves that digital transformation can be an essential tool for resolving chronic pending issues. We are taking steady steps to develop digital services that enhance transparency, reduce bureaucracy and improve the daily lives of citizens and professionals.”
Nikos Tagaras, Deputy Minister of Environment and Energy, responsible for Spatial Planning and Urban Development, states: “The pilot operation of the Digital Land Bank is part of the core of the major institutional reform that the Ministry of Environment and Energy is implementing in the country’s spatial and urban planning. It is a reform that is not limited to the digitization of procedures, but also reconstructs the rules by which space is organized, the environment is protected, private property is utilized and legal certainty is restored. Through the “Konstantinos Doxiadis” Urban Reform Programme, the country is gradually acquiring a coherent, functional and modern framework for spatial organisation, with clear land use, building conditions, protection areas and Component Reception Zones.
The importance of the intervention is manifold: it addresses decades-old pathologies, helps to address a long institutional backlog, strengthens the protection of listed buildings and public spaces, and at the same time introduces transparency and safety rules. It is an institutional breakthrough that links environmental protection, urban order and the fair use of private property”.
