Is there a time limit for applying for a rural homestead without building a house? There are those rules.

If the application for rural homestead has not been built within 2 years (except in special circumstances), the land use right certificate or relevant approval documents may be cancelled after the approval of the county people's government, and the village collective will recover the right to use the homestead.

According to Article 15 of the Measures for the Administration of Rural Homestead, under any of the following circumstances, with the approval of the county people's government, the certificate of land use right or relevant approval documents can be cancelled, and the village collective can recover the right to use the homestead:

(a) the homestead has not started construction for two years from the date of approval (except in special circumstances);

(two) when the homestead is submitted for approval, it promises to the village collective to build a new house and demolish the old house without demolishing the old house by itself;

(three) the village that has been approved to implement the transformation of the old village or the migration down the mountain has moved into the original homestead where the new house (village) lives;

(four) obtaining approval or illegally transferring the homestead;

(five) other circumstances in which the right to use the homestead should be recovered.

Extended data:

Article 13 of the Measures for the Administration of Rural Homestead may apply for a homestead under any of the following circumstances:

(a) because of national or collective construction, migration, disasters and other needs to relocate and rebuild;

(two) the implementation of city, village and market town planning or the transformation of old villages, the need to adjust the demolition;

(three) the existing homestead area has not yet reached the quota standard stipulated in these measures and needs to be rebuilt or expanded;

(four) with household conditions and the original homestead area has not yet reached the limit standard stipulated in these measures, which needs to be rebuilt or expanded;

(five) with the approval of the county people's government, the professional and technical personnel introduced or recruited by rural collective economic organizations really need to settle in rural areas;

(six) retired workers, demobilized soldiers and overseas Chinese, their relatives, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan compatriots with legal documents to return to their original places to settle down;

(seven) as otherwise provided by laws, regulations and rules.

References:

Baidu encyclopedia-rural homestead

Baidu Encyclopedia-Measures for the Administration of Rural Homestead