Conservation Area
Rochester Park Conservation Area
Applicable Guidelines
Bungalow Guidelines
Conservation Area
Rochester Park Conservation Area
Find out more about Rochester Park Conservation Area.
Important Information
All proposed works will need to comply with the Conservation Guidelines and the Specific Restoration Guidelines (SRG). Conservation Permission is required before all additions & alteration works and operations of new use can begin.
Owners, architects and engineers intending to carry out restoration works or development within conservation areas are required to comply with the conservation principles, planning parameters and restoration guidelines for conserved shophouse and bungalow building typologies, as well as planning parameters and envelope control guidelines for new buildings within conservation areas accordingly.
For other building types, which do not conform to the standard shophouse or bungalow typology, these will be evaluated on a case-by-case basis in accordance with conservation principles. [1]
About
Rochester Park and Nepal Park were developed by the British in the early 1950s to house officers and their families. The area was given conservation status on 24 March 2010.
The History
Rochester Park was named after a port town on the Thames estuary, reflecting the British colonial connection. Until the withdrawal of the British forces from Singapore in 1971, these bungalows were built to serve the housing needs of military servicemen who were posted to Singapore, which was then the most important British military base east of the Suez.
Guidelines and Procedures
Resources
[1] The conservation guidelines for shophouses and bungalows will generally be applied by URA in the consideration of a development application. However, if the circumstances or planning considerations relevant to a case warrant it, URA may in its discretion decide to depart from these general guidelines. The guidelines, principles and illustrations found in the guidelines are not exhaustive in covering all possible site conditions and variations in building type. Persons intending to carry out a development are advised to take this into consideration and check with URA through enquiries or development applications to confirm if their proposals can be allowed.