Planning (Fees) Rules 2014 - Singapore Statutes Online

No. S 537

Planning Act

(CHAPTER 232)

Planning
(Fees) Rules 2014

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 61(1) and (2) 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 (Fees) Rules 2014 and shall come into operation on 12 August 2014.

Definitions

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

“ancillary facility” includes —

(a)	a separate building, structure or facility within a development (such as a bin centre, an electric sub‑station or a guard house) that is intended to house or provide services or amenities to the development or part thereof or to users of the development; and
(b)	an open space within the development,

but excludes a separate car park building within a development;

“application with multiple proposals” means any application referred to in items 1 to 15(a) and 20 of the First Schedule where at least 2 but not more than 3 proposals may be submitted by the applicant in 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;

“approved plans” means the plans of a development, works within a conservation area or subdivision of land submitted together with an application for written permission made to the competent authority under section 13 of the Act for which the competent authority has granted the written permission;

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“authorised”, in relation to the development of any land, means any development of that land —

(a)	authorised under the Act or the repealed Act; or
(b)	effected or carried out pursuant to any written approval granted under any written law before 1 February 1960;

“Broad Land‑Use Group” means a Broad Land‑Use Group set out in the Third Schedule, and a reference to a lettered Broad Land‑Use Group is a reference to a Broad Land‑Use Group so lettered in that Schedule;

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“calculation plans” means the plans that are required to be submitted to the competent authority in relation to any application or matter set out in the first column of the First Schedule and which show the computation of floor area for a development or part thereof;

“Category 1 Works” means any works of a type specified in Part 1 of the Fourth Schedule;

“Category 2 Works” means any works of a type specified in Part 2 of the Fourth Schedule;

“Category 3 Works” means any works of a type specified in Part 3 of the Fourth Schedule;

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“conserved building” means any building located within a conservation area and required by the competent authority to be conserved;

“designated area” means any area set out in the Fifth Schedule;

[S 42/2018 wef 05/02/2018]

[Deleted by S 508/2016 wef 17/10/2016]

“floor area” has the same meaning as in the Planning (Development Charges) Rules (R 5);

“good class bungalow area” means an area specified by the competent authority, with the approval of the Minister, as a good class bungalow area for the development of detached houses only;

“highest fee amount proposal”, in relation to an application with multiple proposals, means the proposal for which the applicable fee in the second column of the First Schedule is the higher or highest fee applicable to the proposals;

“historic conservation area” means a conservation area set out in the Sixth Schedule;

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“land extensive development” means a development comprised wholly or mainly of open spaces with no or little built up areas and includes a development set out in the Second Schedule;

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“land intensive development” means a development which is not a land extensive development or a development for landed dwelling‑houses, and which is comprised wholly or mainly of built‑up areas;

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“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;

“monument” means any monument in respect of which there is in force a preservation order under the Preservation of Monuments Act (Cap. 239);

“plot” means the whole of the one or more lots of land on which a single landed dwelling‑house is to be constructed;

“proposal amount”, in relation to any land, means the amount that 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 that 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;

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“storey” includes any attic, basement, mezzanine or roof storey;

“storey plans” means the plans that are required to be submitted to the competent authority in relation to any application or matter set out in the first column of the First Schedule and which show the layout and use proposed for a storey of a building;

“strata landed dwelling‑house” means a landed dwelling‑house comprised in a development the strata subdivision of which is permitted under a written permission granted by the competent authority under section 14(4) of the Act or authorised by the Minister under section 21(6) of the Act.

(2) For the purpose of these Rules —

(a)	a use of land is permissible under a Broad Land‑Use Group if, in accordance with the Master Plan, it is a permissible use for any zoning under that Broad Land‑Use Group; and
(b)	a use of land is permissible under a zoning in a Broad Land‑Use Group if, in accordance with the Master Plan, it is a permissible use for that zoning under that Broad Land‑Use Group.

(3) In the definition of “highest fee amount proposal”, a reference to a fee applicable to a proposal is a reference to the fee applicable to a proposal under the second column of the First Schedule.

(4) For the purpose of determining the fees under items 4(c), 5(1)(d), 6(d), 23, 24 and 43 in the First Schedule —

(a)

2 or more storeys of a building shall be counted as a single storey, if —

(i)	the storey plans in the case of items 4(c), 5(1)(d) and 6(d) of the First Schedule; or
(ii)	the calculation plans in the case of items 23, 24 and 43 of the First Schedule,

for such storeys are identical to one another; and

(b)

all ancillary facilities within a development shall be deemed to be a separate building having a number of storeys equivalent to that of any ancillary facility with the higher or highest number of storeys in that development, and where no such ancillary facility within the development is a building or structure, the ancillary facilities shall be deemed to be a separate building with a single storey.

Fees

3.—(1) 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 opposite in the second column of that Schedule;

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(b)

in respect of an application with multiple proposals —

(i)

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

(ii)

for each proposal other than the highest fee amount proposal —

(A)	in the case of item 15(a) of the First Schedule, half of the appropriate fee specified in the second column of that Schedule; and
(B)	in the case of items 1 to 14 and 20 of the First Schedule, three‑quarters of the appropriate fees specified in the second column of that Schedule; [S 508/2016 wef 17/10/2016]

(c)

in respect of the second or subsequent application for an amendment to plans already submitted for approval but for which written permission has yet to be granted by the competent authority, half of the appropriate fee specified in the second column of the First Schedule for the application to which the plans relate; and

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(d)

in respect of an application that includes obtaining written permission for development, works in a conservation area or subdivision that was started without prior written permission or authorisation under section 21(6) of the Act, other than an application for an amendment to approved plans made before the completion of the development, works or subdivision in the approved plans, a fee of $2,675 in addition to the appropriate fee under this paragraph.

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(2) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in these Rules, no fee shall be payable in respect of an application for conservation permission under section 13 of the Act to carry out only Category 3 Works to a conserved building.

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(3) [Deleted by S 508/2016 wef 17/10/2016]

Fees for application for outline permission

4.—(1) The fee for an application for outline permission under section 18(1) of the Act is half of the fee specified in the second column of the First Schedule.

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(2) Where, after the grant of the outline permission and during the validity period of the outline permission, an application for planning permission or conservation permission is made under section 18(5) of the Act, the fee for such application shall be the appropriate fee specified in the second column of the First Schedule.

(3) The fee for an application for outline permission with multiple proposals shall be —

(a)

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

(b)

for each proposal other than the highest fee amount proposal —

(i)	in the case of item 15(a) of the First Schedule, one‑quarter of the appropriate fee specified in the second column of that Schedule; and
(ii)	in the case of items 1 to 14 and 20 of the First Schedule, three‑eighths of the appropriate fees specified in the second column of that Schedule.

(4) The fee for an application with multiple proposals for planning permission or conservation permission made under section 18(5) of the Act after the grant of outline permission shall be —

(a)

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

(b)

for each proposal other than the highest fee amount proposal —

(i)	in the case of item 15(a) of the First Schedule, half of the appropriate fee specified in the second column of that Schedule; and
(ii)	in the case of items 1 to 14 and 20 of the First Schedule, three‑quarters of the appropriate fees specified in the second column of that Schedule.

(5) [Deleted by S 508/2016 wef 17/10/2016]

(6) [Deleted by S 508/2016 wef 17/10/2016]

5. [Deleted by S 508/2016 wef 17/10/2016]

Revocation

6. The Planning (Fees) Rules (R 7) are revoked.

Made on 12 August 2014.

BENNY LIM

Permanent Secretary,
Ministry of National Development,
Singapore.

[ND 101/7-23 V9.; AG/LLRD/SL/232/2010/13 Vol. 2]

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

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