Singapore legislation
Regulation 14
Regulation 14
Upgrading from temporary written permission
Subregulation 1
Land betterment charge is not payable, to the extent specified in sub‑paragraph (2), for chargeable consent that —
entitles a person to carry out a development involving a material change in the use of the land to a use which —
is the same as the use authorised by the last temporary written permission granted in relation to the same land and for the period specified in that last temporary written permission; or
is in the same Use Class as the use authorised by the last temporary written permission granted in relation to the same land and for the period specified in that temporary written permission;
a temporary development levy or land betterment charge has been paid for the grant of the temporary written permission referred to in sub‑paragraph (a); and
the application for planning permission or conservation permission in relation to the development of the land is made before the expiry of the period for which the temporary written permission referred to in sub‑paragraph (a) is granted.
Subregulation 2
The amount of land betterment charge that is not payable because of the concession in sub‑paragraph (1) must not exceed the amount of temporary development levy or land betterment charge paid for the grant of the temporary written permission referred to in sub‑paragraph (1)(a).
Subregulation 3
Where the land which is the subject of the development is smaller in area than the land covered by the temporary written permission referred to in sub‑paragraph (1)(a), the extent of the concession set out in sub‑paragraph (2) must be reduced on a pro‑rata basis.
Subregulation 4
In sub-paragraph (1), “Use Class” means any Use Class as described in the Schedule to the Planning (Use Classes) Rules (R 2).
Subregulation 5
This paragraph does not apply where the chargeable consent referred to in sub‑paragraph (1) is a temporary written permission.