Planning (Fees) Rules

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Planning Act

(CHAPTER 232, Section 61)

Planning (Fees) Rules

R 7

G.N. No. S 375/1998

REVISED EDITION 2000

(31st January 2000)

[15th July 1998]

Citation

1. These Rules may be cited as the Planning (Fees) Rules.

Definitions

2. In these Rules, unless the context otherwise requires —

“application with multiple proposals” means any application referred to in items 1 to 9(a) or 14 of the First Schedule where at least 2 but not more than 3 proposals may be submitted by the applicant for the same application and where the written permission of the competent authority for such application, if granted, will be for only one of the proposals;

[S 328/2003 wef 05/07/2003]

“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 (R 5);

“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 (R 5) 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 —

(a)

in respect of the matters set out in the first column of the First Schedule, the appropriate fee specified in the second column thereof; and

(b)

in respect of an application with multiple proposals —

(i)

for the first proposal, the appropriate fee specified in the second column of the First Schedule; and

(ii)

for each subsequent proposal —

(A)	in the case of item 9(a) of the First Schedule, half of the appropriate fee specified in the second column thereof; and
(B)	in the case of items 1 to 8 and 14 of the First Schedule, three-quarters of the appropriate fees specified in the second column thereof. [S 328/2003 wef 05/07/2003]

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 specified 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 under section 18(5) of the Act during the validity period of the outline permission.

(3) In the case of an application with multiple proposals —

(a)	for an application for outline permission; or
(b)	for an application for planning permission or conservation permission made under section 18(5) of the Act for any proposal subsequent to the grant of outline permission,

the fee payable shall be —

(i)

for the first proposal, half of the appropriate fee specified in the second column of the First Schedule; and

(ii)

for each subsequent proposal —

(A)	in the case of item 9(a) of the First Schedule, one-quarter of the appropriate fee specified in the second column thereof; and
(B)	in the case of items 1 to 8 and 14 of the First Schedule, three-eighths of the appropriate fees specified in the second column thereof. [S 328/2003 wef 05/07/2003]

Transitional provisions

5.—(1) Where the competent authority has granted an outline permission prior to 15th July 1998, the revoked Planning (Fees) Rules 1997 (G.N. No. S 357/97) shall continue to apply to any 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.

[G.N. No. S 375/98]

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