Planning (Development Charges) (Amendment No. 2) Rules 2008

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Published in Subsidiary Legislation Supplement
on 01 Jul 2008

No. S 337

Planning Act

Chapter 232

Planning (Development Charges) (Amendment No. 2) Rules 2008

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 No. 2) Rules 2008 and shall come into operation on 1st July 2008.

Amendment of rule 4

2. The Planning (Development Charges) Rules (R 5) are amended by renumbering rule 4 as paragraph (1) of that rule, and by inserting immediately thereafter the following paragraphs:

“(2) Notwithstanding paragraph (1), where —

(a)

a development of land is authorised subject to the condition that the total floor area of the development shall be or shall not exceed a specified amount of floor area;

(b)

the total floor area of the development is subsequently found to exceed —

(i)	the specified amount of floor area in breach of the condition referred to in sub-paragraph (a); and
(ii)	the maximum permissible floor area; and

(c)

the competent authority, pursuant to an application, agrees to grant written permission authorising the additional floor area,

the value of any amount of the additional floor area of the development to be authorised by the written permission as is referred to in section 36(7)(b) of the Act, which is over and above the maximum permissible floor area, shall be determined in accordance with the formula

where

A₃

is the amount of additional floor area of the development over and above the maximum permissible floor area for any purpose to be authorised by the written permission; and

B₃

is the rate corresponding to both the appropriate geographical sector of the land and the Use Group within which that purpose falls.

(3) In paragraph (2), unless the context otherwise requires —

“additional floor area”, in relation to a development, means the floor area of the development in excess of the specified amount of floor area permitted under paragraph (2)(a);

“maximum permissible floor area”, in relation to a development, means the maximum permissible amount of floor area that may be allowed for the development of land in accordance with the provisions of the Master Plan as at the date of the grant of written permission by the competent authority for the development.”.

[G.N. Nos. S 756/2007; S 107/2008]

Made this 24th day of June 2008.

TAN TEE HOW

Permanent Secretary,
Ministry of National Development,
Singapore.

[ND 265/5-135 Vol. 7; AG/LEG/SL/232/2005/2 Vol. 3]

(To be presented to Parliament under section 61(4) of the Planning Act).

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