Planning Act |
Planning (Development Charges) Rules |
R 5 |
G.N. No. S 174/1998 |
REVISED EDITION 2007 |
(1st October 2007) |
[1st April 1998] |
Citation |
1. These Rules may be cited as the Planning (Development Charges) Rules. |
Definitions |
Computation of Development Baseline |
3.—(1) In determining the Development Baseline of any land under section 36(1) of the Act, the value of any authorised development of that land shall be determined in accordance with the formula (C x D)
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Computation of Development Ceiling |
4.—(1) In determining the Development Ceiling for any land under section 36(7) of the Act, being land that is intended to be developed for any purpose, the following formulae shall, subject to these Rules, apply:
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Purpose of development not within any Use Group |
5. Where the floor area of any development referred to in rules 3 and 4 is authorised or to be authorised for a purpose not falling within any Use Group, the rates D and F referred to in the formulae in rule 3, and the rates B1 and B2 referred to in the formulae in rule 4, shall be such rates as the competent authority determines to be just and reasonable, having regard to the Use Group which most closely corresponds to the purpose for which the development is authorised or to be authorised. [S 756/2007 wef 01/01/2008] |
6. [Deleted by S 756/2007 wef 01/01/2008] |
Special provision for residential developments |
7.—(1) Where any land is used or permitted to be used under the Act or the repealed Act (Cap. 232, 1990 Ed.) for a residential purpose only and the written permission granted for the use of that land for that purpose is expressed in terms of approved density of “persons per hectare” or “persons per acre” only, the formula in rule 3(1) shall apply as if all references to the floor area in that formula were substituted with references to the area obtained by multiplying firstly, the approved density with a factor of 0.0056, and then multiplying that product with the area of the land as specified in the plans which form the subject of the written permission. [S 756/2007 wef 01/01/2008]
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Special provisions in relation to business zone commercial use |
7A.—(1) Where the use of any floor area in any development of land referred to in rule 3, being authorised for any purpose, is to be authorised by a written permission to be changed to business zone commercial use, the value of such floor area of the development shall for the purpose of determining the Development Baseline of the land be computed in accordance with the following formula:
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Special provision for Use Groups F, G and H |
8. Where any land is intended to be developed for a purpose falling within Use Group F, G or H, the formulae in rules 3 and 4 shall apply as if all references in that formulae to floor area were substituted with references to the land area of the land. [S 756/2007 wef 01/01/2008] |
Multiple purposes |
9.—(1) Where any land or any building thereon is intended to be developed for 2 or more purposes falling within more than one Use Group, the development charge for the development of the land to be authorised for such purposes shall be determined in accordance with the Act and the formulae in rules 3 and 4 subject to the following modifications:
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Computation of development charge according to appreciation in land value |
10. For the purposes of section 39(3) of the Act, a development charge —
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Application for determination of development charge under section 39 of Act |
11. Any request by an applicant under section 39(2) of the Act in relation to any development charge in respect of any land shall be made in such form as the competent authority may approve. |
Valuation of appreciation in land value |
12.—(1) Where any person makes a request under section 39(2) of the Act in relation to any development charge in respect of any land, the competent authority shall, unless it considers that written permission to develop the land will not be granted, forward the request together with all the necessary information relating thereto to the Chief Valuer.
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Requirements of competent authority for determination of development charge |
13. For the purposes of determining the development charge payable under section 35 (2) or 39 of the Act, the competent authority may require an applicant to submit —
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Payment of development charge under interim order |
14.—(1) A person liable for the payment of development charge under an interim order shall pay the development charge specified in the order —
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Appeals |
15.—(1) Any appeal against any interim or final order of the competent authority under section 39(7) of the Act shall be accompanied by a non-refundable fee of $10,000.
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Refunds |
16. The Minister may refund wholly or in part any development charge paid under these Rules if the Minister is satisfied that it is just and reasonable to do so. |
Amendment of First or Second Schedule |
17.—(1) For the purpose of determining the development charge payable under section 35(2) of the Act in respect of any development of land authorised by any planning permission or conservation permission, the First and Second Schedules as in force at the following dates shall be used and applied despite any amendment thereto made after such dates:
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Proper accounting of payments and refunds |
18.—(1) The competent authority shall maintain a separate bank account for all collections of the following:
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Saving and transitional provisions |
19.—(1) In any case where the competent authority or the Minister, as the case may be, has before 1st April 1998 granted provisional permission to develop any land and the provisional permission is valid immediately prior to that date but no order has been made or issued determining the development charge payable, these Rules shall apply to such a case as if the provisional permission had been granted under the Act after that date. [S 756/2007 wef 01/01/2008]
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