text: The issue you present is sometimes referred to as a "constructive taking." It raises the question of whether government action which does not actually appropriate land creates such barriers to its use that it amounts to a "taking" within the meaning of the Fifth Amendment ("nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation").\n\nGenerally speaking the courts have answered no to such claims and, on the facts you present, my opinion is that you have little chance of succeeding in any lawsuit. \n\nThere is simply no right to demand that city planning authorities act in such a way as to ensure that your land will be attractive to developers.