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The Small Business Guidelines apply to all residential premises including residential zones. Under these guidelines, certain non-residential activities could be allowed where the change of use is not considered as material.
These activities are to be of small scale in operation and should not materially affect the use of the premises as a residential unit. The residential amenity of the surrounding area should not be adversely affected.
To ensure this, the activities that can be allowed should meet all the following criteria:
- no person outside the household is to be employed
- no external advertisement/business signboard is to be displayed
- no extraneous traffic is introduced to the site
- no noise, smoke, smell, effluent or dust nuisances or danger should be posed to the surrounding residents
- no loading and unloading of goods by vans and trucks
- the activities must comply with the rules and regulations of other authorities e.g. NEA on environmental health issues. (Please note that NEA does not allow the resident to conduct public sales or advertise sales of the home prepared food through any form of mass media, including the internet.)
- HDB flats address cannot be used for business registration. The use of private residential premises address for business registration does not require planning permission provided there is no material change of use of the residential premises.
Examples of Home-based Activities that Can Be Allowed in Private and HDB Residential Premises
- the resident who is at home doing office work using a computer, which is linked to the office main computer
- the resident undertaking sewing work at home to supplement the household income
- freelance artist/journalist/photographer/writer etc operating in his/her own home, without employing anyone and where business activities are not conducted within the premises
- the resident baking cakes at home on a small scale for sale to his/her friends without turning the place into a bakery
- the resident conducting private tuition for not more than 3 students at any one time
- the resident undertaking hairdressing services to supplement household income, without employing any workers
- the resident using a small part of the house for storage of goods which are for sale at the resident's own market stall, provided the storage does not exceed 10 cubic meter
- the resident undertaking piecemeal work at his/her home from factory on work rate basis, to supplement household income
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Setting Up A Small Business At Home