Lagos State Government, yesterday, declared 176 estates in the Eti-Osa, Ajah, Ibeju-Lekki, and Epe axis of the state illegal. It, however, gave the owners a 21-day ultimatum to process their layout approvals.

According to the government, the estates, which were deemed illegal due to the failure of the owners to obtain layout approvals from the Ministry of Physical Planning and Urban Development, were listed in a document published by the ministry yesterday.

Permanent Secretary, Office of Physical Planning, Oluwole Sotire, said the illegal estates compromised the sustainable development ethos and the T.H.E.M.E.S+ agenda of the government by operating without approved layouts.

Some of the identified illegal estates include Adron Homes, Elerangbe; Aina Gold Estate, Okun-Folu; Diamond Estate, Eputu; Prime Water View Garden, Ikate-Elegushi, and Royal View Estate, Ikota, among others.

Sotire urged the owners of the estates to submit the necessary documents to the Ministry of Planning and Urban Development Secretariat, Alausa, Ikeja, to process their layout approvals.

He stated that this exercise was a routine function of the ministry, in line with its mandate to regulate the development of public and private estates in the state by processing and granting layout approvals to foster a functional, organised, orderly, and resilient smart city, as encapsulated in the T.H.E.M.E.S+ agenda of the Lagos State government.

The permanent secretary, therefore, urged all developers and real estate practitioners to register with the Lagos State Real Estate Regulatory Authority (LASRERA), which is responsible for regulating, coordinating, and monitoring real estate practitioners in the sector.