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Revision of Development Charge Rates

 

  Published: 28 February 2022

The Ministry of National Development has revised the development charge (DC) rates for the period 1 March 2022 to 31 August 2022.  The review is carried out on a half-yearly basis in consultation with the Chief Valuer. 
 
The DC rates for Use Group C (Hotel/Hospital) have decreased while the DC rates for Use Groups A (Commercial), B1 (Residential, landed), B2 (Residential, non-landed) and D (Industry) have increased. The DC rates remain unchanged for Use Groups E (Place of Worship/ Civic and Community Institution), and 3 other Use Groups F, G and H. (See Appendix 1 [PDF, 199kb] for Table of DC Rates).

The DC rates for Use Group A (Commercial) have increased by 0.7% on average. 29 out of the 118 sectors have increased in DC rates by 3%.  Rates are unchanged for the remaining 89 sectors. The 3% increase applies to the following sectors: 

• Sectors 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 (Raffles Place/ Clifford Pier/ City Hall/ Bugis/ Promenade Area – Refer to detailed locations in Table 1 [PDF, 57kb]

• Sectors 7, 8, 9, 10 (Tanjong Pagar/ Anson/ Cecil/ Maxwell Area – Refer to detailed locations in Table 1 [PDF, 57kb]

• Sector 11 (Shenton Way/ Straits Boulevard/ Marina Boulevard/ Raffles Quay)

• Sector 12 (Bayfront Area/ Marina Bay Sands)

• Sectors 15, 16, 17, 18 (Chinatown/ People’s Park/ China Square/ Pearl’s Hill Area – Refer to detailed locations in Table 1 [PDF, 57kb]

• Sectors 19, 20, 21 (Robertson Quay/ Clarke Quay/ Boat Quay Area – Refer to detailed locations in Table 1 [PDF, 57kb]

• Sectors 31, 32, 33 (Little India/ Farrer Park/ Mackenzie Area – Refer to detailed locations in Table 1 [PDF, 57kb]

• Sectors 38, 39 (Bukit Timah Road/ Robin Road/ Balmoral Road/ Goodwood Hill/ Stevens Road/ Anderson Road/ Admore park / Claymore Hill / Claymore Road)

• Sectors 44, 45, 46, 47 (One Tree Hill/ Paterson/ Leonie Hill/ Oxley Area – Refer to detailed locations in Table 1 [PDF, 57kb]

• Sector 70 (Tanglin Road/ Grange Road/ Nathan Road/ River Valley Road/ Jervois Road)

The DC rates for Use Group B1 (Residential, landed) have increased by 4.8% on average. All 118 sectors have increases in DC rates ranging from 1% to 10%.  The largest increase of 10% applies to the following sector:

• Sector 67 (Cluny Road/ Napier Road/ Tanglin Road/ Anderson Road/ Stevens Road/ Dalvey Road)

The DC rates for Use Group B2 (Residential, non-landed) have increased by 0.3% on average.  6 out of the 118 sectors have increases in DC rates ranging from 3% to 15%. Rates are unchanged for the remaining 112 sectors. The largest increase of 15% applies to the following sector:

• Sector 92 (Guillemard Road/ Mountbatten Road/ Old Airport Road/ Dunman Road/ Tanjong Katong Road/ Haig Road/ Geylang Road)

The DC rates for Use Group C (Hotel/Hospital) have decreased by 0.7% on average.  25 out of the 118 sectors have reduction in DC rates ranging from 2% to 10%. Rates are unchanged for the remaining 93 sectors. The largest decrease of 10% applies to the following sector:

• Sector 11 (Shenton Way/ Straits Boulevard/ Marina Boulevard/ Raffles Quay)

The DC rates for Use Group D (Industry) have increased by 2.2% on average.  All 118 sectors have increases in DC rates ranging from 2% to 5%. The largest increase of 5% applies to the following sector:

• Sector 114 (Boon Lay/ Jurong West/ Pioneer/ Tuas/ Sungei Kadut/ Choa Chu Kang/ Lim Chu Kang Area)

There are no changes to the Use Groups Table and the Geographical Sector maps. 

The revised DC rates (Appendix 1 [PDF, 199kb]), to be read in conjunction with the Use Groups Table (Appendix 2 [PDF, 56kb]) and the set of Geographical Sector maps* (Map A [PDF, 2422kb] and Map B [PDF,  1669kb]), will be effective from 1 March 2022.  The new rates will apply to cases which are granted Provisional Permission (PP) or 2nd and subsequent extensions to the PP on or after the effective date.  

If there is any disagreement over the DC payable for any development proposal calculated based on the rates under the respective Use Groups, developers and owners can opt for a case-by-case valuation by the Chief Valuer, as provided for in the Planning Act.

For media enquiries on DC sectors and use groups, please contact Ms Yak Pek Ching from URA at Tel. No. 6321 6513. For media enquiries on valuation matters, please contact Ms Clara Ng from IRAS at Tel No. 9889 8733.

* Please use the Development Charge (DC) Sector Maps and Rates to find out the DC sector number and rates of a particular site.

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