Singapore legislation
Section 14
Section 14
Applications determined with reference to Master Plan, etc.
(1)
Subject to subsection (2), in determining an application for written permission, the competent authority must act in conformity with the provisions of the Master Plan and any Certified Interpretation Plan insofar as they may be relevant.
(2)
Where the Minister approves, either in relation to a particular application or a class of applications (as the case may be), the competent authority need not act in accordance with subsection (1) in any of the following circumstances:
the land to which the application relates (called in this subsection the relevant land) is or will be required for any public purpose or for the provision of any utility services or infrastructural, social or transportation facility;
the relevant land, or its locality, is the subject of a planning, transportation, conservation or preservation study being carried out by the competent authority or any other public authority;
the provisions of the Master Plan insofar as it relates to the relevant land, or its locality, is being reviewed by the competent authority;
a proposal to amend the provisions of the Master Plan insofar as it relates to the relevant land, or its locality, has been submitted to the Minister for approval under section 8;
the competent authority is of the view that the development proposed in the application is incongruent with the developments on land adjoining the relevant land or other land in the locality;
the planning permission or conservation permission to be granted for the development proposed in the application is for a specified period not exceeding 10 years.
(3)
Where subsection (2) applies, the competent authority may determine the application in the manner as the Minister may approve.
(4)
Subject to any rules, the competent authority may —
grant written permission, either unconditionally or subject to any conditions the competent authority considers fit, including those mentioned in section 15; or
refuse written permission.
(5)
Where written permission is granted subject to conditions or is refused, the competent authority must provide reasons in writing for imposing the conditions or refusing the application, as the case may be.
(6)
When an application for planning permission or conservation permission is made to the competent authority in relation to any land, the application supersedes any previous application for planning permission or conservation permission relating to the same land which remains undetermined.
(7)
Unless otherwise approved by the Minister in writing, the planning permission or conservation permission of the competent authority is a condition precedent to the consideration by a licensing authority of any application for the issue of a licence for any purpose involving the development of land.