LP2B (protected food-crop land)

LP2B (Lahan Pertanian Pangan Berkelanjutan) is the category of land the state reserves for agriculture permanently under Law No. 41/2009. LP2B plots are fixed in the regency RTRW and cannot be converted to housing or tourism, save for exceptional state projects with like-for-like land compensation.

In Bali this is above all the subak rice-terrace system, part of the landscape recognised by UNESCO in 2012. Perda No. 4/2026 added criminal sanctions and froze conversion permits.

If the plot or part of it is LP2B, a buyer can obtain neither a KKPR nor a PBG. Check on the Gianyar regency RTRW map and by enquiry to the agriculture office, since the seller will rarely volunteer it.

Read more in the blog

• Bali's Rice-Field Law No. 4/2026 and why a villa on farmland is now a criminal matter
• What Bali's Construction Moratorium Actually Restricts in 2026

Where the term comes up

• Canyon View or Rice Field View. What to Choose for a Villa in Ubud
• Bali's yellow zone. The colour decides nothing, the KBLI inside the zone does
• Ubud, where to buy a villa and what to check
• Pejeng Kawan, rice fields to the east and a case you can verify
• Tegallalang, terraces, cool air and the strictest land check
• Mas, south Ubud with a hospital and a road to the sea

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Updated 2026-09-20. Not a public offer. Regulations change, so we cite enacted acts only and update the entry when they do.