Lease

• Registration is open to farmers who operate an agricultural business in Leudal and are registered with the Chamber of Commerce (including those in a partnership).
• A new development is that private individuals (non-farmers) can now also register for plots smaller than 1 hectare.
• Each bidder may bid on a maximum of 2 lots.
   

• You can register by submitting the online registration form no later than December 3, 2026.
• The minimum registration fee is the currently applicable regional standard, which is the price set as of July 1, 2026, of €1,109.00 per hectare for arable land/pasture and
  €6,185.00 per hectare for garden land. 
• Farmers must register using E-Herkenning Level 3, and individuals must register using DigiD.
   

• The lot will be awarded to the highest bidder.
• If two or more bidders submit the same bid for a particular lot, the following order of priority will apply:
  1. the current user;
  2. adjacent user/owner;
  3. shortest distance from the lot to the business location;
  4. draw. 
      

For the 9 commercially leased parcels larger than 1 hectare, a liberalized lease agreement based on the RVO’s model agreement will be entered into. 

A lease agreement is entered into for the 11 parcels smaller than 1 hectare, because the right of leasehold does not apply due to their small size.

The lease term for a parcel larger than 1 hectare is generally 4 years, provided the municipality does not need the land for its own purposes. In that case, four one-year contracts are entered into. 

For plots smaller than 1 hectare, a one-year lease agreement is entered into, with tacit renewal from year to year. If the municipality needs the land for its own purposes, the agreement may be terminated.

The municipality has decided not to impose a ban on the use of pesticides on leased plots for the time being, but to wait and see how the situation develops nationwide. 

However, the municipality does want to encourage people not to use pesticides.

If it can be demonstrated retroactively that no pesticides were used during the lease year, a 20% discount on the lease price may be granted.

The discount is available for commercial parcels larger than 1 hectare in the following cases:

1. Organic use (verified by a SKAL certificate) 
2. Use as pasture (without the use of pesticides) 
3. Use as green fallow under RVO regulations (must also be reported as such to the RVO): these parcels are temporarily out of production and are sown with crops or mixtures permitted under the ECO program, under which the use of chemical crop protection products and fertilizers is prohibited. 

• The land is delivered "as is" and must be delivered in its current condition, with the exception that grassland parcels may also be delivered as arable land.
• Subleasing is not permitted.
• For arable land larger than 1 hectare, there is a requirement to sow 5% of the plot with a herb mixture to promote biodiversity.
• The lease payment must be made annually by November 1 at the end of the harvest year.
• The costs of the Land Chamber’s review of the lease agreement are borne by the lessee. This does not apply to rental agreements.

The bids will be announced during the public hearing for the 2027 lease on Friday, December 4, 2026, at 10:00 a.m. in the council chamber of the town hall in Heythuysen. Any bidder may attend this hearing without prior registration.

All applicants will be notified by email shortly.