Reviewed · 30 Oct 2026 Report an error
Seven state-owned parcels at the Bentota National Holiday Resort, about 34 acres in total, listed by the BOI as land for investment. The BOI workbook notes a call for investment advertised on 13 July 2025.
Key facts from the documents
- Location: Warahena GN division, Bentota DS division, Galle district.
- Seven parcels, from about 0.15 to 17.6 acres each; about 33.9 acres together (our sum of the extents in acres, roods and perches).
- Land use recorded by the BOI: "call for investment", paper advertisement on 13 July 2025.
- Three further Bentota resort plots in the same workbook are recorded as leased without development, not leased, or a green belt; they are not part of this record.
How to take it further
Enquiries go to the BOI investment promotion officer named on the BOI Available Lands page. Ask whether the July 2025 call is still accepting proposals.
Assessment
Evidence for
- Parcel locations, extents and the note on the 13 July 2025 call for investment. Document 1
- Names the BOI officers who handle enquiries for BOI-owned and state-owned land. Document 2
Evidence against
Not yet assessed
Risks
Not yet assessed
Unknowns
- No closing date is given in the sources. Document 1
How the score and confidence were set
- Status: 40 of 40
- Way to take part stated: 15 of 15
- Dates in the sources: 0 of 15
- Division named: 10 of 10
- Confidence: 20 of 20
- Yes: Main document from an official publisher
- Yes: Main document under 180 days older than our check
- Yes: More than one document
- Yes: Checksum kept for the main document
- Yes: Checked in the last 30 days
Evidence
The 2 documents this record rests on. Facts are restated in our words; the documents are linked, not copied.
- Primary source Statutory body or authority
State-Owned Land Bank (district land records workbook)
Board of Investment of Sri Lanka
Open document on investsrilanka.com - Supporting Statutory body or authority
Available Lands (land opportunities page)
Board of Investment of Sri Lanka
Open document on investsrilanka.com
