Regulation Watch · Property and Construction · Indonesia. The regulation applies nationally to individuals and legal entities developing landed housing or apartments, including foreign-investment companies. After all units are handed over and ownership transfers, its maintenance provisions apply to owners, apartment managers and residents.
Housing Developers Must Meet New Tree Planting Ratios
Permen PKP 8/2026 sets plot-based tree ratios for housing and apartments, with developer maintenance until responsibility transfers after full handover.
- Published
- Established by the Minister of Housing and Settlement Areas on 16 October 2026 and promulgated on 21 October 2026 in State Bulletin 2026 No. 717.
- Effective
- 21 October 2026. The regulation took effect on promulgation, revoked Permen PKP 5/2026 on the same subject and provides no transition period.
- Added to Watch
- 28 October 2026
Who is affected
PT PMA and PT PMDN developers; investors, directors and shareholders; contractors and property managers; owners and residents; and project design, procurement, construction, handover and estate teams.
Practical impact
Landed plots up to 200 square metres, including public housing, require one tree per house. Plots up to 500 square metres require two trees and larger plots three. Apartment sites require three, six or ten trees at the 2,120 and 3,600 square metre thresholds. Developers maintain them, including three months of post-planting care, until responsibility transfers after full handover.
Permen PKP 8/2026 was established on 16 October, promulgated on 21 October 2026 in State Bulletin No. 717 and effective that day. It revokes Permen PKP 5/2026 without a transition period.
A landed plot up to 200 square metres, including public housing, now requires one tree per house. The revoked rule allowed one tree for three small houses, so affected projects need revised landscape quantities, locations and budgets.
Plots above 200 and up to 500 square metres require two trees, and larger plots three. A small-plot tree may be in the yard or road right-of-way; larger-plot trees belong in the yard. Road standards apply to right-of-way planting.
Apartment sites require three trees up to 2,120 square metres, six above 2,120 and up to 3,600 square metres, and ten above 3,600 square metres.
Species and locations must protect utilities, roads and foundations. Planting covers the pit, medium, support and immediate watering.
Developers provide three months of post-planting care, daily watering, monthly weeding and six-monthly pruning, fertilising, pest control and replacement.
After every unit is handed over and ownership transfers, owners, apartment managers or residents maintain the trees. The tree inventory, condition and maintenance history should accompany the handover documents.
The regulation cannot itself be the legal basis for sanctions, but its duties remain active. Other laws, local rules, permits, approvals and contracts may impose enforceable obligations.
Required action
- Recalculate tree counts for current and planned housing and apartment projects using the new thresholds.
- For landed plots up to 200 square metres, budget one tree per house rather than the revoked one-per-three-houses ratio.
- Use the yard or road right-of-way for small plots and the yard for larger plots, applying road standards where relevant.
- Select safe species and locations that protect utilities and infrastructure, then include planting works and replacement stock in the project scope.
- Log three months of post-planting care, daily watering, monthly weeding and six-monthly pruning, fertilising, pest control and replacement.
- Update sale, management and handover documents with the maintenance allocation, tree inventory and records.
- Check separate spatial, environmental, road, building, green-space and approval requirements.