No. S 375
Planning Act 1998
(Act 3 of 1998)
Planning (Fees) Rules 1998
In the exercise of the powers conferred by section 61 of the Planning Act 1998, the Minister for National Development hereby makes the following Rules:
Citation and commencement
1.  These Rules may be cited as the Planning (Fees) Rules 1998 and shall come into operation on 15th July 1998.
Definitions
2.  In these Rules, unless the context otherwise requires —
“extensive open area development” means developments comprised wholly or mainly of open areas with no or little built up areas and includes the developments set out in Part I of the Second Schedule;
“floor area” has the same meaning as in the Planning (Development Charges) Rules 1998 (G.N. No. S 174/98);
“land extensive developments” includes the developments set out in Part II of the Second Schedule;
“landed dwelling-house” means any of the following types of houses used wholly or mainly for the purpose of human habitation but does not include a landed dwelling-house comprised in a development that is strata subdivided or intended for or capable of strata subdivision:
(a)detached house;
(b)semi-detached house;
(c)terrace house;
“proposal amount”, in relation to any land, means the amount which is a product of multiplying the following:
(a)the floor area of the land for which the competent authority grants provisional permission to develop for any purpose (including any modifications thereto); and
(b)the rate specified in Part II of the First Schedule to the Planning (Development Charges) Rules 1998 (G.N. No. S 174/98) which corresponds to the appropriate geographical sector in which the land falls and the Use Group in Part I of that Schedule within which the purpose falls.
Fees
3.  There shall be paid to the competent authority, in respect of the matters set out in the first column of the First Schedule, the fees set out in the second column thereof.
Fees for application for outline permission
4.—(1)  The fee for an application for outline permission under section 18(1) of the Act shall be half of the fee set out in the second column of the First Schedule.
(2)  The remaining half of the fee shall be payable when, subsequent to the grant of outline permission, an application for planning permission or conservation permission is made pursuant to section 18(5) of the Act during the validity period of the outline permission.
Revocation
5.  The Planning (Fees) Rules 1997 (G.N. No. S 357/97) are revoked.
Transitional provisions
6.—(1)  Where the competent authority has granted an outline permission prior to 15th July 1998, the revoked Planning (Fees) Rules 1997 shall continue to apply to the subsequent application to the competent authority for planning permission or conservation permission made during the validity of the outline permission.
(2)  Where the competent authority has granted a provisional permission prior to 15th July 1998, the revoked Planning (Fees) Rules 1997 shall continue to apply to any subsequent application made during the validity of that provisional permission for amendment to plans previously submitted to the competent authority for approval in the application for written permission.
Made this 8th day of July 1998.
LAM CHUAN LEONG
Permanent Secretary,
Ministry of National Development,
Singapore.
[ND 101/7-23 V4; AG/LEG/SL/232/97/1 Vol.1]
(To be presented to Parliament under section 61(4) of the Planning Act 1998).