No. S 372
Planning Act
(Chapter 232)
Planning (Development of Land Authorisation) (Amendment) Notification 2001
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 2001 and shall come into operation on 1st August 2001.
Amendment of paragraph 2
2.  Paragraph 2 of the Planning (Development of Land Authorisation) Notification (N 1) is amended —
(a)by deleting sub-paragraph (h) of sub-paragraph (1) and substituting the following sub-paragraph:
“(h)the change in use of a building from a laundry or dry cleaner’s shop, a shop for the sale of animals or birds, a bar, pub, restaurant, nightclub, health centre or amusement centre to a shop;”;
(b)by deleting the word “or” at the end of sub-paragraph (1)(k);
(c)by deleting the full-stop at the end of sub-paragraph (l) of sub-paragraph (1) and substituting the word “; or”, and by inserting immediately thereafter the following sub-paragraph:
“(m)subject to sub-paragraph (5), the change in use of any part of any building specified in the first column of the Second Schedule (referred to in this Notification as the relevant premises) to any purpose in any Use Class specified in the second column of that Schedule in relation to that building.”;
(d)by deleting the word “Schedule” in sub-paragraph (2)(b) and substituting the words “First Schedule”; and
(e)by inserting, immediately after sub-paragraph (4), the following sub-paragraphs:
“(5)  Sub-paragraph (1)(m) shall only apply if —
(a)the change in use of the relevant premises does not result in an increase in the floor area of the building;
(b)the floor area of the relevant premises is approved or authorised under the Act to be used for a commercial use or purpose or for any purpose in any Use Class specified in the second column of the Second Schedule in relation to those premises;
(c)no part of the relevant premises comprises works that are unauthorised under the Act;
(d)the relevant premises are not located within the car park of the building (including the ancillary areas of the car park), an approved covered or open walkway, a pedestrian mall, a public plaza or any other areas approved or authorised under the Act for public use;
(e)all approvals required from relevant authorities for the change in use of the relevant premises have been obtained prior to the lodgment of the plans and the other documents under sub-paragraph (g);
(f)in the case of any building or any part of a building sold or leased by the Housing and Development Board (referred to in this Notification as HDB) for any commercial use or purpose, the prior written approval of has been obtained for the change in use of the relevant premises prior to the lodgment of the plans and the other documents under sub-paragraph (g); and
(g)prior to making the change in use of the relevant premises, the following are lodged with the competent authority at the same time together with a fee of $500:
(i)the plans showing the location of the building, the location of the relevant premises within the building and the layout of the relevant premises in the manner and scale required by the competent authority;
(ii)the lodgment form, as required by the competent authority to be lodged for this purpose, duly completed and signed;
(iii)a declaration to be signed by the person making the lodgment that sub-paragraphs (a), (b), (c) and (d) and, where applicable, sub-paragraph (f), have been complied with;
(iv)the written consent of the owner of the relevant premises where the person making the lodgment is not the owner; and
(v)where sub-paragraph (f) is applicable, the written approval of the HDB.
(6)  For the purposes of sub-paragraphs (1)(h) and (m) and (5) —
“amusement centre”, “health centre”, “nightclub”, “restaurant” and “shop” have the same meanings as in the Planning (Use Classes) Rules 2001 (G.N. No. S 371/2001);
“Use Class” means any Use Class as described in the Schedule to the Planning (Use Classes) Rules 2001.”.
Amendment of Schedule and new Second Schedule
3.  The Schedule to the Planning (Development of Land Authorisation) Notification is amended by deleting the word “THE” in the 1st line and substituting the word “FIRST”, and by inserting immediately thereafter the following Schedule:
“SECOND SCHEDULE
Paragraph 2(1) and (5)
Purposes IN
PART i
First column
Second column
1. Any building in Part II and any building (excluding the first storey thereof) in Part III
 
Class I
 
Use as a shop
 
 
 
Class II
 
Use as an office or a commercial school
 
 
 
Class III
 
Use as a restaurant
 
 
 
Class IV
 
Use as a health centre or an amusement centre
 
 
 
Class XIV
 
Use as a sports and recreation building
 
 
 
Class XV
 
Use as a nightclub
 
 
 
 
 
 
2. The first storey of any building in Part III
 
Class I
 
Use as a shop
 
 
 
Class III
 
Use as a restaurant
 
 
 
Class IV
 
Use as a health centre or an amusement centre
 
 
 
Class XIV
 
Use as a sports and recreation building
 
 
 
Class XV
 
Use as a nightclub
 
 
 
 
 
 
3. Any building in Part IV
 
Class I
 
Use as a shop
 
 
 
Class II
 
Use as an office or a commercial school
 
 
 
Class III
 
Use as a restaurant
 
 
 
Class XIV
 
Use as a sports and recreation building
Part II
S/no.
 
House No.
 
Road Name
 
Name of Building
1
 
80
 
Anson Road
 
IBM Towers
2
 
2
 
Battery Road
 
MayBank Chambers
3
 
4
 
Battery Road
 
Bank of China
4
 
180
 
Bencoolen Street
 
The Bencoolen
5
 
1
 
Brooke Road
 
Katong Plaza
6
 
1
 
Bukit Batok Central Link
 
West Mall
7
 
133
 
Cecil Street
 
Keck Seng Tower
8
 
135
 
Cecil Street
 
LKN Building
9
 
137
 
Cecil Street
 
ICS Building
10
 
141
 
Cecil Street
 
Tung Ann Association Building
11
 
150
 
Cecil Street
 
AXA Life Building
12
 
180
 
Cecil Street
 
Bangkok Bank Building
13
 
60
 
Cecil Street
 
KPB Building
14
 
62
 
Cecil Street
 
TPI Building
15
 
150
 
Changi Road
 
Guthrie Building
16
 
21
 
Choa Chu Kang Ave 4
 
Lot 1 Shoppers’ Mall
17
 
3
 
Coleman Street
 
Peninsula Shopping Centre
18
 
1
 
Coleman Street
 
The Adelphi
19
 
10
 
Collyer Quay
 
Ocean Building
20
 
21
 
Collyer Quay
 
HSBC Building
21
 
11
 
Collyer Quay
 
The Arcade
22
 
112
 
East Coast Road
 
Katong Mall
23
 
11
 
East Coast Road
 
Odeon Katong Shopping Complex
24
 
30
 
East Coast Road
 
Paramount Shopping Centre
25
 
50
 
East Coast Road
 
Roxy Square Shopping Centre
26
 
15
 
Enggor Street
 
Realty Centre
27
 
810
 
Geylang Road
 
City Plaza
28
 
15
 
Hoe Chiang Road
 
Euro Asia Centre
29
 
10
 
Hoe Chiang Road
 
Keppel Towers
30
 
90
 
Hougang Ave 10
 
NTUC Hougang Mall
31
 
21
 
Hougang Street 51
 
Hougang Green Shopping Mall
32
 
1
 
Jalan Anak Bukit
 
Bukit Timah Plaza
33
 
19
 
Keppel Road
 
Jit Poh Building
34
 
100
 
Kim Seng Road
 
Kim Seng Plaza
35
 
3
 
Lim Teck Kim Road
 
Singapore Technologies Building
36
 
1
 
Maritime Square
 
World Trade Centre
37
 
137
 
Market Street
 
Bank of East Asia Building
38
 
15
 
McCallum Street
 
Natwest Centre
39
 
20
 
McCallum Street
 
Asia Chambers
40
 
865
 
Mountbatten Road
 
Katong Shopping Centre
41
 
211
 
New Bridge Road
 
Lucky Chinatown
42
 
109
 
North Bridge Road
 
Funan Centre
43
 
111
 
North Bridge Road
 
Peninsula Plaza
44
 
1
 
Pasir Ris Central Street 3
 
White Sands
45
 
1
 
Queensway
 
Queensway Shopping Centre
46
 
50
 
Raffles Place
 
Singapore Land Tower
47
 
80
 
Raffles Place
 
UOB Plaza
48
 
16
 
Raffles Quay
 
Hong Leong Building
49
 
122
 
Robinson Road
 
Chiang Hong Building
50
 
39
 
Robinson Road
 
Robinson Point
51
 
96
 
Robinson Road
 
SIF Building
52
 
1
 
Robinson Road
 
AIA Tower
53
 
112
 
Robinson Road
 
DBS Finance Building
54
 
14
 
Robinson Road
 
Far East Finance Building
55
 
140
 
Robinson Road
 
Chow House
56
 
144
 
Robinson Road
 
Singapore Finance Building
57
 
30
 
Robinson Road
 
Robinson Towers (Formerly Tuan Sing Tower)
58
 
35
 
Robinson Road
 
TAS Building
59
 
36
 
Robinson Road
 
City House
60
 
4
 
Robinson Road
 
CGU Insurance Centre
61
 
71
 
Robinson Road
 
Crosby House
62
 
77
 
Robinson Road
 
SIA Building
63
 
79
 
Robinson Road
 
CPF Building
64
 
30
 
Robinson Road
 
Robinson Towers
65
 
8
 
Shenton Way
 
Temasek Tower
66
 
10
 
Shenton Way
 
MAS Building
67
 
3
 
Simei Street 6
 
Eastpoint Mall
68
 
95
 
South Bridge Road
 
Pidemco Centre
69
 
2
 
Tampines Central 5
 
Century Square Shopping Centre
70
 
4
 
Tampines Central 5
 
Tampines Mall
71
 
5
 
Tampines Central 6
 
Telepark (Tampines Central)
72
 
5
 
Tampines Street 32
 
Tampines Mart
73
 
163
 
Tanglin Road
 
Tanglin Mall
74
 
19
 
Tanglin Road
 
Tanglin Shopping Centre
75
 
240
 
Tanjong Pagar Road
 
GE Towers
76
 
101
 
Thomson Road
 
United Square
77
 
298
 
Tiong Bahru Road
 
Tiong Bahru Plaza
78
 
144
 
Upper Bukit Timah Road
 
Beauty World Centre
79
 
170
 
Upper Bukit Timah Road
 
Bukit Timah Shopping Centre
80
 
1189
 
Upper Serangoon Road
 
Hougang Plaza
81
 
756
 
Upper Serangoon Road
 
Upper Serangoon Shopping Centre
82
 
154
 
West Coast Road
 
Ginza Plaza
83
 
268
 
Woodlands Centre Road
 
Woodlands Point
84
 
1
 
Woodlands Square
 
Causeway Point
Part III
S/no.
 
House No.
 
Road Name
 
Name of Building
1
 
279
 
Balestier Road
 
Balestier Point
2
 
190
 
Clemenceau Road
 
Singapore Shopping Centre
3
 
8
 
Grange Road
 
Cineleisure Orchard
4
 
1
 
Grange Road
 
Orchard Building
5
 
270
 
Orchard Road
 
Crown Prince Hotel
6
 
402
 
Orchard Road
 
Delfi Orchard
7
 
230
 
Orchard Road
 
Faber House
8
 
545
 
Orchard Road
 
Far East Shopping Centre
9
 
583
 
Orchard Road
 
Forum
10
 
360
 
Orchard Road
 
International Building
11
 
541
 
Orchard Road
 
Liat Towers
12
 
304
 
Orchard Road
 
Lucky Plaza
13
 
40A
 
Orchard Road
 
MacDonald House
14
 
220
 
Orchard Road
 
Midpoint Orchard
15
 
391
 
Orchard Road
 
Ngee Ann City
16
 
228
 
Orchard Road
 
OG Orchard
17
 
218
 
Orchard Road
 
Orchard Emerald
18
 
160
 
Orchard Road
 
Orchard Point
19
 
321
 
Orchard Road
 
Orchard Shopping Centre
20
 
400
 
Orchard Road
 
Orchard Towers
21
 
390
 
Orchard Road
 
Palais Renaissance
22
 
68
 
Orchard Road
 
Plaza Singapura
23
 
350
 
Orchard Road
 
Shaw House
24
 
20
 
Orchard Road
 
SMA House
25
 
260
 
Orchard Road
 
The Heeren
26
 
290
 
Orchard Road
 
The Paragon
27
 
300
 
Orchard Road
 
The Promenade
28
 
302
 
Orchard Road
 
Tong Building
29
 
435
 
Orchard Road
 
Wisma Atria
30
 
277
 
Orchard Road
 
Specialists’ Shopping Centre
31
 
442
 
Orchard Road
 
Orchard Hotel Shopping Arcade
32
 
9
 
Penang Road
 
Park Mall
33
 
177
 
River Valley Road
 
Liang Court
34
 
14
 
Scotts Road
 
Far East Plaza
35
 
1
 
Scotts Road
 
Shaw Centre
36
 
25
 
Scotts Road
 
Scotts Walk
Part IV
Any building or any part of a building sold or leased by the HDB for any commercial use or purpose.”.
[G.N. No. S 392/2000]

Made this 31st day of July 2001.

KOH YONG GUAN
Permanent Secretary,
Ministry of National Development,
Singapore.
[ND 265/5-12 Vol. 13; AG/LEG/SL/232/1997/2 Vol. 2]
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