Planning (Development of Land Authorisation) (Amendment) Notification 2003

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Published in Subsidiary Legislation Supplement
on 10 Jun 2003

No. S 287

Planning Act

(Chapter 232)

Planning (Development of Land Authorisation) (Amendment) Notification 2003

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 21(6) of the Planning Act, the Minister for National Development hereby makes the following Notification:

Citation and commencement

1. This Notification may be cited as the Planning (Development of Land Authorisation) (Amendment) Notification 2003 and shall come into operation on 10th June 2003.

Amendment of paragraph 2

2. Paragraph 2 of the Planning (Development of Land Authorisation) Notification 2002 (G.N. No. S 380/2002) is amended —

(a)

by deleting the full-stop at the end of sub-paragraph (l)(iii) of sub-paragraph (1) and substituting a semi-colon, and by inserting immediately thereafter the following sub-paragraph:

“(m)

where any building or part thereof is authorised or approved under the Act for residential use, the change in use of such building or part thereof (referred to hereinafter as the relevant premises) from residential use to use as a home-office subject to the following conditions:

(i)	the change in use of the relevant premises does not result in any increase in the floor area of the building;
(ii)	no part of the relevant premises comprises works that are unauthorised under the Act;
(iii)	any approval required from any other relevant authority for the change in use of the relevant premises has been obtained prior to making the change in use of the relevant premises;
(iv)	the duly completed registration form required by the competent authority for the change in use is lodged with the competent authority together with a fee of $20 prior to making the change in use of the relevant premises;
(v)	where the person lodging the registration form is not the owner of the relevant premises, the prior written consent of the owner of the relevant premises has been obtained for the lodgment of the registration form;
(vi)	the change in use and the use of the relevant premises as a home-office shall comply with the planning guidelines applicable to home-offices issued by the competent authority;
(vii)	the change in use and the use of the relevant premises as a home-office shall not affect the amenities of the building and other buildings in the surrounding locality; and
(viii)	the use of the relevant premises as a home-office shall cease and shall be reverted back to residential use upon the expiry of a period of 12 months from the date of lodgment of the registration form.”; and

(b)

by inserting, immediately after sub-paragraph (4), the following sub-paragraph:

“(5) In sub-paragraph (1)(m) —

“home-office” means any premises —

(a)	which are used by its occupants primarily for residential purposes with part or parts of the premises being used by the occupants as an office; and
(b)	in which not more than 2 persons who are not resident in those premises are engaged in the operation of the office;

“office” means a place in which business and administrative work are carried out.”.

Amendment of paragraph 3

3. The Planning (Development of Land Authorisation) Notification 2002 is amended by renumbering paragraph 3 as sub-paragraph (1) of that paragraph, and by inserting immediately thereafter the following sub-paragraph:

“(2) The authorisation under paragraph 2(1) shall immediately cease to apply to any operation or change in use involving the development of land set out in sub-paragraph (b), (c), (d), (k), (l) or (m) of that paragraph upon the breach of any condition applicable to such operation or change in use of land under any of those sub-paragraphs.”.

Made this 10th day of June 2003.

PETER CHAN JER HING

Permanent Secretary,
Ministry of National Development,
Singapore.

[ND 265/5-176 V6; AG/LEG/SL/232/2002/1 Vol. 2]

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