Planning (Development of Land Authorisation for Medical Clinics) Notification 2014

This Notification may be cited as the Planning (Development of Land Authorisation for Medical Clinics) Notification 2014 and shall come into operation on 23 December 2014.

In this Notification, unless the context otherwise requires —“commercial floor area” means the total floor area of a building permitted or authorised for commercial use;“commercial use” has the meaning given by the Planning (Development of Land Authorisation) Notification (N 1);[Deleted by S 625/2022 wef 01/08/2022]“floor area” has the meaning given by the Planning (Development) Rules 2008 (G.N. No. S 113/2008);“HDB” means the Housing and Development Board established under the Housing and Development Act 1959;“HDB commercial building” means any building, or any part of any building, sold by or leased from the HDB for any commercial use;[Deleted by S 446/2023 wef 26/06/2023]“healthcare service provider” means a person who holds a licence under the Healthcare Services Act 2020 to provide a licensable healthcare service;“licensable healthcare service” has the meaning given by section 3(1) of the Healthcare Services Act 2020;“medical clinic” means any permanent premises used or intended to be used by a healthcare service provider who is approved under the Healthcare Services Act 2020 to provide a licensable healthcare service specified at paragraph 1(b), (c), (l), (m), (n) or (o) of the First Schedule to that Act at those premises;“permanent premises” has the meaning given by section 2(1) of the Healthcare Services Act 2020;“shop” has the same meaning as in the Planning (Use Classes) Rules (R 2).

Subject to paragraph 4 and any other written law, the making of any material change in the use of any premises as a shop to a use as a medical clinic is authorised under section 21(6) of the Act.

Paragraph 3 shall apply only if all the following conditions are satisfied: