Planning (Development) Rules 2008

Any application for provisional permission, planning permission, conservation permission, subdivision permission or outline permission under Part 3 of the Act shall be made in such form and manner as set out on the Urban Redevelopment Authority’s Internet website at http://www.ura.gov.sg and accompanied by such calculation of the floor area of the proposed development, and document, drawing or plan as may be required by the competent authority.

Where any document, drawing or plan required by the competent authority under paragraph (1) and any calculation, measurement, statement, information or particular contained therein or in any application under paragraph (1) is not made, prepared, set out, shown or indicated in accordance with the guidelines issued by the competent authority, the applicant or the qualified person acting on behalf of the applicant shall give the competent authority notice of the inconsistency in writing at the time of submission of the application.

Subject to rules 4 and 5, where an application is made by any person other than the owner of the land, the applicant shall obtain the consent in writing of the owner of the land or of the legal personal representative, if the owner is deceased.

Paragraph (3) shall not apply to an applicant for permission to continue to use any building or land where permission had been granted for the use.

Where an outline permission has been granted under section 18 of the Act, a subsequent application for provisional permission, planning permission or conservation permission with full details as may be required by the competent authority and in accordance with the outline permission shall be made during the validity period of the outline permission.

No development or works may be carried out before the grant of permission by the competent authority pursuant to a subsequent application made under paragraph (5).

This rule shall apply to any application under rule 3(1) with a view to a collective sale of a development in respect of which a collective sale agreement has been executed on or after 4th October 2007.

Where an application under rule 3(1) is made with a view to a collective sale of —

Notwithstanding paragraph (2), where an application under rule 3(1) is made in respect of any development after an order has been made by the General Division of the High Court or a Strata Titles Board under section 84A, 84D, 84E or 84FA, as the case may be, of the Land Titles (Strata) Act 1967 for the sale of all the lots and common property in the strata title plan for the development or all the flats and the land in the development, it shall be sufficient compliance with rule 3(3) if the application is accompanied by the order of the General Division of the High Court or the Strata Titles Board, as the case may be.

In this rule, the words and expressions used shall, unless the context otherwise requires, have the meanings assigned to them respectively in the Land Titles (Strata) Act 1967.

This rule shall apply to any application under rule 3(1) with a view to a collective sale of a development in respect of which a collective sale agreement has been executed before 4th October 2007 —

Where an application under rule 3(1) relating to a development comprised in a strata title plan is made, it shall be sufficient compliance with rule 3(3) if the applicant produces with the application a resolution of such other documentary proof as the competent authority may require that —

Where an application under rule 3(1) relating to a development not comprised in a strata title plan is made, it shall be sufficient compliance with rule 3(3) if the applicant produces with the application a resolution of such other documentary proof as the competent authority may require that —

Notwithstanding paragraphs (2) and (3), where an application under rule 3(1) is made in respect of any development after a Strata Titles Board has made an order under section 84A, 84D or 84E, as the case may be, of the Land Titles (Strata) Act 1967 as in force before 4th October 2007 for the sale of all the lots and common property in the strata title plan for the development or all the flats and the land in the development, it shall be sufficient compliance with rule 3(3) if the application is accompanied by the order of the Strata Titles Board.

In this rule —

Any plan or drawing submitted under rule 3 shall contain an exact calculation of the plot ratio, floor plan and density of the development.

The competent authority may require an applicant —

Any person who submits an application which contains any statement or particular which is false shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $20,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or to both.

No permission shall be granted to subdivide land until roads, service roads and drains have been made up to the satisfaction of the competent authority.

No permission shall be granted to subdivide buildings until the buildings have been constructed up to the roof level.

Notwithstanding paragraph (2), the competent authority may grant permission to a statutory board to subdivide buildings which have not been constructed up to the roof level.

Where any application for provisional permission, planning permission, conservation permission or subdivision permission is required to be referred to the Minister under section 21(1) of the Act, the competent authority shall forward the application together with a report to the Minister for determination.

The decision of the Minister shall be conveyed to the applicant in writing by the competent authority.

The competent authority shall keep a register (referred to in these Rules as the Development Register) and shall cause the following information to be entered therein:

The Development Register shall be available for public inspection at the office of the competent authority during office hours and the competent authority shall afford to the public such facilities as are reasonably necessary to enable any person to trace entries in the Development Register.

The competent authority shall maintain a map or maps (referred to in these Rules as the Record Plan) to scales appropriate to the area to which the Record Plan relates, and shall cause to be recorded thereon particulars of all planning permissions, conservation permissions and subdivision permissions granted (so far as such particulars are reasonably capable of being recorded on a plan) together with such other particulars as the competent authority may consider it appropriate or advisable to show.

The Record Plan shall be available for public inspection at the office of the competent authority during office hours.

Extracts from the Record Plan shall be made available to the public at the prescribed fee.

Any person may at any time by delivering at the office of the competent authority a requisition form provided by the competent authority signed by himself and upon payment of the prescribed fee require an official search to be made on his behalf.

The Planning (Development) Rules (R 3) are revoked.

Any information that is in the Development Register kept under the revoked Rules shall be deemed to be part of the Development Register kept under these Rules.

The Record Plan maintained under the revoked Rules and any particulars contained therein shall be deemed to be part of the Record Plan kept under these Rules.

Notwithstanding rule 4, rule 3A of the revoked Rules shall continue to apply, as if these Rules had not been made, to any application made under rule 3(1) of the revoked Rules and which is pending immediately before 3rd March 2008.

Where any act is required to be done within a time period prescribed in the revoked Rules and such time period has not expired on the date these Rules come into force, the time period as prescribed by the revoked Rules shall apply to that act.