You are probably correct. Any permits needed will somehow be misplaced, written in the wrong ink color, no “i’s” dotted or “t’s” crossed, not turned in at precisely noon, the person who handles that is on vacation....... Subtle ways of saying “We’ll teach you to mess with us”. Enjoy living on “your” land. But hey, you didn’t work hard for that. Somebody else did that for you.
They do the same crap here in NY.
And if you are misfortunate enough to have a certain type of frog move onto your property and the find out, you can rest assured they will make attempts to seize your land and bulldoze your house to protect the ‘endangered’ frog that has made your property its habitat.