Singapore legislation
Clause 14
Clause 14
Applications determined with reference to Master Plan, etc.
(1)
Subject to subsection (2), in determining an application for written permission, the competent authority shall act in conformity with the provisions of the Master Plan and any Certified Interpretation Plan in so far as they may be relevant.
(2)
Where the Minister approves, the competent authority need not act in accordance with subsection (1) in any of the following circumstances:
the land to which the application relates (referred to in this subsection as 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 in so far 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 in so far as it relates to the relevant land, or its locality, has been submitted to the Minister for approval under section 8; or
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.
(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 such conditions as he considers fit, including those referred to in section 15; or
refuse written permission.
(5)
Where written permission is granted subject to conditions or is refused, the competent authority shall 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 shall supersede 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 shall be 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.