Planning (Changes in Use — Lodgment Authorisation) Notification

This Notification may be cited as the Planning (Changes in Use — Lodgment Authorisation) Notification.

In this Notification —[Deleted by S 404/2020 wef 01/06/2020]“approved”, in relation to any land use, means approved under any written permission (other than written permission granted for a specified period not exceeding 10 years);[Deleted by S 12/2026 wef 14/01/2026]“conserved building” has the meaning given by the Planning (Fees) Rules 2014 (G.N. No. S 537/2014);“designated building” means any building where any part of the building is specified to be used only for activity generating uses in the urban design guidelines and plans published by the competent authority pursuant to the provisions of the written statement of the Master Plan;“floor area” has the meaning given by the Planning (Development) Rules 2008 (G.N. No. S 113/2008);“historic conservation area” has the meaning given by the Planning (Fees) Rules 2014;[Deleted by S 83/2011 wef 23/02/2011]“JTC” means the Jurong Town Corporation established under the Jurong Town Corporation Act 1968;“laundromat” means a building where washing machines and drying machines are provided for use on a self-service basis; [Deleted by S 12/2026 wef 14/01/2026]“monument” has the meaning given by the Planning (Fees) Rules 2014;“non-designated building” means any building that is not a designated building;“pedestrian link” means any underground or second or upper storey pedestrian mall or link that is part of a building and connects that building to another building or to a public facility or street;[Deleted by S 12/2026 wef 14/01/2026]“relevant date”, in relation to an authorisation under paragraph 3, means the date of lodgment of the plans and documents specified in paragraph 4(1)(k), relating to the authorisation, with the competent authority;“shophouse” means a 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 or 6-storey terraced building that abuts a five-footway and is approved for commercial use or commercial and residential use;“showroom” has the meaning given by the Planning (Use Classes) Rules;“Use Class” means any Use Class as described in the Schedule to the Planning (Use Classes) Rules (R 2).

Subject to paragraphs 4, 4A, 5 and 5A and any other written law, any change in use of any part of a building specified in the first column of the First Schedule (referred to in this Notification as the relevant premises) to any purpose in any Use Class or to any use specified in the second column thereof, in relation to that building, is hereby authorised.

The authorisation obtained under paragraph 3 on or after 11 February 2015 shall lapse if the relevant premises is not used for any purpose in any Use Class or any use specified in the second column of the First Schedule within 2 years after the relevant date.

This Notification does not apply to any change in use —

Where any authorisation under paragraph 3 in force immediately before 10th July 2003 was in effect immediately before that date in respect of any premises specified in the first column of the deleted Third Schedule 1for the use specified in the second column of that Schedule, such authorisation shall continue to apply in accordance with the provisions of this Notification in force immediately before that date as if the Planning (Changes in Use –– Lodgment Authorisation) (Amendment) Notification (S 288/2003) has not been made.1 The Third Schedule was deleted by S 288/2003 w.e.f 10.7.2003.