No. S 109
Planning Act
Chapter 232
Planning (Development Charges) (Amendment) Rules 2001
In exercise of the powers conferred by section 40(1) of the Planning Act, the Minister for National Development hereby makes the following Rules:
Citation and commencement
1.  These Rules may be cited as the Planning (Development Charges) (Amendment) Rules 2001 and shall come into operation on 1st March 2001.
Amendment of rule 5
2.  Rule 5 of the Planning (Development Charges) Rules (R 5) (referred to in these Rules as the principal Rules) is amended by deleting the words “Use Group B” in the 9th line of paragraph (a) and substituting the words “Use Group B2”.
New rule 17A
3.  The principal Rules are amended by inserting, immediately after rule 17, the following rule:
“Proper accounting of payments and refunds
17A.—(1)  The competent authority shall maintain a separate bank account for all collections of the following:
(a)the development charge;
(b)the prescribed fee paid in respect of any request under section 39(2) of the Act; and
(c)the prescribed fee paid under rule 15(1),
less any refund as may be permitted under the Act or these Rules.
(2)  The competent authority shall maintain proper accounts and records of all the collections and refunds referred to in paragraph (1).
(3)  The accounts and records maintained by the competent authority under paragraph (2) for each financial year shall be audited by an approved auditor.
(4)  The approved auditor shall, upon completion of an audit of the accounts and records, submit to the Permanent Secretary to the Ministry of National Development, an audit certificate stating —
(a)whether proper records and accounts have been maintained for all the collections and refunds referred to in paragraph (1);
(b)whether, in the opinion of the approved auditor, the competent authority’s system of collection and refund is operating satisfactorily; and
(c)the amounts collected and refunded in the relevant financial year.
(5)  The competent authority shall, if requested in writing and as soon as practicable, make the accounts and records available for inspection by the Auditor-General or any public officer of the Ministry of National Development.
(6)  The competent authority shall, on or before the 15th day of each month —
(a)pay into the Consolidated Fund the total collection, less any refund made, for the preceding month together with all interest accrued to the bank account for that month; and
(b)certify and submit to the Permanent Secretary to the Ministry of National Development, a statement of the collections and refunds for the preceding month.
(7)  For the purposes of this rule —
(a)a financial year begins on 1st April of each year and ends on 31st March of the succeeding year; and
(b)“approved auditor” means —
(i)the internal auditor of the Urban Redevelopment Authority;
(ii)the internal auditor of the Ministry of National Development; or
(iii)an approved company auditor as defined in section 4(1) of the Companies Act (Cap. 50).”.
Deletion and substitution of First Schedule
4.  The First Schedule to the principal Rules is deleted and the following Schedule substituted therefor:
“FIRST SCHEDULE
Rule 2
[Use Groups And Development Charge Rates]
Part I
Purposes And Master Plan Zones Within Use Groups
Use Group
Purposes for which development is permitted or to be authorised
Purposes for which land is zoned in Master Plan
A
Shop, office, association office, cinema, place of entertainment, clinic, medical suite, restaurant, petrol station, auto-service centre, commercial garage, market
Main Shopping, Commercial, Mixed Use, Local Shopping (commercial quantum), Recreation
B1
Residential (landed dwelling-house)
Residential (with a prescribed Density not exceeding 185 persons per hectare or 75 persons per acre), Rural Centre and Settlement
B2
Residential (non-landed residential building)
Residential (with a prescribed Density exceeding 185 persons per hectare or 75 persons per acre), Local Shopping (residential quantum)
C
Hospital and health centre, hotel room
Hospital and Health Centre, Hotel
D
Industrial, warehousing, science park, business park, transport depot, airport, dock, port uses, utility installation, Mass Rapid Transit Station, Light Rail Transit Station
Industry, Warehouse, Mineral Workings, Major Utility Installation, Car park, Airport/Airfield, Dock/ Port Area, Special Use, HM Forces Land
E
Place of worship, community building, educational and institutional uses, government building
Place of Worship, Community Building, Educational Institution, Other Institutions, Amusement Park, Administrative Area, Government Building
F
Open space, nature reserve
Green Belt, Public Open Space, Private Open Space, Nature Reserve, Reserved Site
G
Agriculture
Agriculture, Rural, Unscheduled Area, Resettlement Area
H
Drain, road, railway, cemetery, Mass Rapid Transit Route, Light Rail Transit Route
Drainage, Water Area, Catchment Area, Major Traffic Routes, Other Road Provision, Service Road, Expressway, Railway/Railway Land, Cemetery
Part II
Table Of Development Charge Rates Per Square Metre
Sectors
Use Groups
A
B1
B2
B2
D
E
F
G
H
1
$4,350
$1,500
$1,800
$1,150
$500
$600
$7
—
$1
2
$3,600
$1,500
$1,800
$1,150
$500
$600
$7
—
$1
3
$3,150
$1,500
$1,800
$1,150
$500
$600
$7
—
$1
4
$2,700
$1,500
$1,800
$1,150
$550
$600
$7
—
$1
5
$3,850
$1,500
$1,800
$1,150
$500
$600
$7
—
$1
6
$3,850
$1,500
$1,800
$1,150
$500
$600
$7
—
$1
7
$3,800
$1,500
$1,800
$1,150
$500
$600
$7
—
$1
8
$3,000
$1,500
$1,800
$1,150
$550
$600
$7
—
$1
9
$3,000
$1,500
$1,800
$1,150
$550
$600
$7
—
$1
10
$2,700
$1,500
$1,800
$1,150
$550
$600
$7
—
$1
11
$2,500
$1,500
$1,800
$1,150
$500
$600
$7
—
$1
12
$2,500
$1,500
$1,800
$1,150
$500
$600
$7
—
$1
13
$2,500
$1,500
$1,800
$1,150
$500
$600
$7
—
$1
14
$2,500
$1,500
$1,800
$1,150
$500
$600
$7
—
$1
15
$2,400
$1,500
$2,000
$1,500
$550
$600
$7
—
$1
16
$2,400
$1,500
$2,000
$1,400
$550
$600
$7
—
$1
17
$3,400
$1,500
$2,000
$1,400
$550
$600
$7
—
$1
18
$2,000
$1,500
$1,800
$1,400
$550
$600
$7
—
$1
19
$2,500
$1,500
$2,400
$1,500
$600
$600
$7
—
$1
20
$2,500
$1,500
$2,150
$1,500
$550
$600
$7
—
$1
21
$2,650
$1,500
$2,150
$1,500
$550
$600
$7
—
$1
22
$2,350
$1,500
$2,950
$1,650
$550
$600
$7
—
$1
23
$3,150
$1,500
$3,000
$1,800
$500
$600
$7
—
$1
24
$2,750
$1,500
$1,800
$1,750
$500
$600
$7
—
$1
25
$2,100
$1,500
$1,650
$1,600
$500
$600
$7
—
$1
26
$2,000
$1,500
$1,650
$1,600
$500
$600
$7
—
$1
27
$2,200
$1,500
$1,650
$1,600
$500
$600
$7
—
$1
28
$1,900
$1,500
$1,500
$1,450
$550
$600
$7
—
$1
29
$1,900
$1,500
$1,500
$1,450
$550
$600
$7
—
$1
30
$1,900
$1,500
$1,500
$1,450
$550
$600
$7
—
$1
31
$1,900
$1,500
$1,500
$1,450
$550
$600
$7
—
$1
32
$1,900
$1,500
$1,650
$1,450
$550
$600
$7
—
$1
33
$1,900
$1,500
$1,650
$1,300
$500
$600
$7
—
$1
34
$2,000
$1,650
$1,800
$1,650
$500
$600
$7
—
$1
35
$2,050
$1,500
$2,400
$1,850
$500
$600
$7
—
$1
36
$2,250
$1,500
$3,150
$2,350
$500
$600
$7
—
$1
37
$2,850
$1,500
$3,750
$2,600
$500
$600
$7
—
$1
38
$2,700
$2,750
$3,750
$2,300
$500
$600
$7
—
$1
39
$2,850
$3,750
$4,750
$2,750
$500
$600
$7
—
$1
40
$2,650
$2,300
$4,000
$2,500
$500
$600
$7
—
$1
41
$4,100
$1,500
$3,750
$3,450
$500
$600
$7
—
$1
42
$4,500
$2,750
$4,500
$3,650
$500
$600
$7
—
$1
43
$3,600
$2,750
$4,500
$3,050
$500
$600
$7
—
$1
44
$2,750
$2,750
$4,500
$2,450
$500
$600
$7
—
$1
45
$2,750
$2,300
$4,000
$2,450
$500
$600
$7
—
$1
46
$2,400
$2,000
$3,400
$1,950
$550
$600
$7
—
$1
47
$2,400
$2,000
$3,400
$1,850
$550
$600
$7
—
$1
48
$2,400
$2,000
$3,150
$1,650
$600
$600
$7
—
$1
49
$1,750
$1,500
$1,750
$1,350
$600
$600
$7
—
$1
50
$2,050
$1,500
$2,250
$1,550
$500
$600
$7
—
$1
51
$1,900
$1,500
$1,600
$1,400
$850
$600
$7
—
$1
52
$1,650
$1,500
$1,650
$1,400
$950
$600
$7
—
$1
53
$1,650
$1,500
$1,500
$1,250
$850
$600
$7
—
$1
54
$1,550
$1,500
$1,500
$1,250
$950
$600
$7
—
$1
55
$1,550
$1,550
$1,550
$1,250
$950
$600
$7
—
$1
56
$1,550
$1,500
$1,500
$1,250
$950
$600
$7
—
$1
57
$1,650
$1,350
$1,500
$1,250
$900
$600
$7
—
$1
58
$1,800
$1,450
$1,800
$1,300
$850
$600
$7
—
$1
59
$1,850
$1,350
$1,650
$1,350
$900
$600
$7
—
$1
60
$2,750
$1,450
$2,100
$1,750
$500
$600
$7
—
$1
61
$2,750
$1,650
$2,600
$1,750
$500
$600
$7
—
$1
62
$2,750
$2,750
$3,150
$1,750
$500
$600
$7
—
$1
63
$2,250
$2,100
$2,900
$1,750
$500
$600
$7
—
$1
64
$1,500
$2,300
$2,300
$1,250
$500
$600
$7
—
$1
65
$2,400
$2,750
$2,900
$1,650
$500
$600
$7
—
$1
66
$2,700
$3,000
$3,400
$2,300
$500
$600
$7
—
$1
67
$2,700
$3,250
$4,250
$2,300
$500
$600
$7
—
$1
68
$2,000
$2,850
$2,850
$1,800
$500
$600
$7
—
$1
69
$1,900
$2,850
$2,850
$1,700
$500
$600
$7
—
$1
70
$2,500
$2,900
$3,500
$2,200
$700
$600
$7
—
$1
71
$2,500
$1,900
$2,750
$2,200
$700
$600
$7
—
$1
72
$1,800
$1,500
$2,100
$1,400
$800
$600
$7
—
$1
73
$1,900
$1,500
$1,850
$1,400
$900
$600
$7
—
$1
74
$1,900
$1,500
$1,850
$1,250
$900
$600
$7
—
$1
75
$1,900
$1,500
$1,850
$1,250
$900
$600
$7
—
$1
76
$1,900
$1,750
$1,850
$1,250
$700
$600
$7
—
$1
77
$1,900
$1,500
$1,800
$1,250
$900
$600
$7
—
$1
78
$1,800
$1,450
$1,850
$1,250
$900
$600
$7
—
$1
79
$1,800
$1,500
$1,850
$1,250
$900
$600
$7
—
$1
80
$1,900
$1,500
$1,850
$1,250
$900
$600
$7
—
$1
81
$1,800
$1,500
$1,850
$1,250
$900
$600
$7
—
$1
82
$1,800
$1,500
$1,850
$1,250
$900
$600
$7
—
$1
83
$1,800
$1,500
$1,800
$1,250
$900
$600
$7
—
$1
84
$1,800
$1,500
$1,850
$1,250
$900
$600
$7
—
$1
85
$1,800
$1,500
$1,800
$1,250
$900
$600
$7
—
$1
86
$1,800
$1,500
$1,800
$1,250
$900
$600
$7
—
$1
87
$1,800
$1,500
$1,850
$1,250
$900
$600
$7
—
$1
88
$2,100
$1,750
$1,950
$1,200
$850
$600
$7
—
$1
89
$1,750
$1,750
$1,750
$1,200
$500
$600
$7
—
$1
90
$1,750
$1,500
$1,750
$1,200
$500
$600
$7
—
$1
91
$1,650
$2,600
$2,650
$1,050
$500
$600
$7
—
$1
92
$1,750
$1,650
$1,900
$1,150
$500
$475
$7
—
$1
93
$1,750
$1,650
$1,750
$1,150
$500
$475
$7
—
$1
94
$1,750
$2,000
$2,150
$1,150
$500
$475
$7
—
$1
95
$1,750
$1,650
$1,750
$1,050
$500
$475
$7
—
$1
96
$1,750
$1,450
$1,900
$1,050
$550
$475
$7
$24
$1
97
$1,650
$1,450
$1,650
$1,050
$550
$475
$7
$24
$1
98
$1,650
$1,400
$1,500
$950
$700
$475
$7
$24
$1
99
$1,400
$1,250
$1,400
$800
$575
$475
$7
$24
$1
100
$1,400
$1,150
$1,200
$650
$450
$475
$7
$24
$1
101
$1,750
$1,450
$1,600
$1,000
$850
$475
$7
$24
$1
102
$1,750
$1,150
$1,250
$1,400
$1,050
$475
$7
$24
$1
103
$1,900
$1,450
$1,800
$1,150
$900
$475
$7
$24
$1
104
$1,900
$1,450
$1,750
$1,150
$700
$475
$7
$24
$1
105
$1,500
$1,250
$1,500
$900
$600
$475
$7
$24
$1
106
$1,200
$1,150
$1,200
$600
$400
$475
$7
$24
$1
107
$1,600
$1,350
$1,500
$1,000
$700
$475
$7
$24
$1
108
$2,200
$2,750
$2,900
$1,400
$700
$475
$7
$24
$1
109
$2,200
$2,500
$2,500
$1,400
$700
$475
$7
$24
$1
110
$1,750
$2,250
$2,650
$1,400
$700
$475
$7
$24
$1
111
$1,750
$1,500
$1,750
$1,050
$950
$475
$7
$24
$1
112
$1,450
$1,500
$1,500
$900
$750
$475
$7
$24
$1
113
$1,400
$1,500
$1,500
$850
$600
$475
$7
$24
$1
114
$1,300
$1,150
$1,200
$600
$350
$475
$7
$24
$1
115
$1,300
$1,150
$1,200
$600
$400
$475
$7
$24
$1
116
$750
$600
$750
$600
$250
$250
$7
$24
$1
117
$1,100
$1,050
$1,300
$1,300
$250
$250
$7
$24
$1
118
$750
$600
$750
$600
$250
$250
$7
$24
$1.”.
[G.N. Nos. S 82/2000; S 391/2000]
Made this 27th day of February 2001.
LAM CHUAN LEONG
Permanent Secretary,
Ministry of National Development,
Singapore.
[ND 265/5-68 Vol 22; AG/LEG/SL/232/97/2 Vol. 2]
(To be presented to Parliament under section 40(2) of the Planning Act).
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