Conservation Area
Tanjong Katong Conservation Area
Applicable Guidelines
Secondary Settlement Guidelines
Conservation Area
Tanjong Katong Conservation Area
Find out more about Tanjong Katong 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
Located along Tanjong Katong Road, the area was given conservation status on 1 December 2003. It is a local shopping street with predominantly 2-storey shophouses on the western side of the road and some 3- to 5-storey shop/flat developments on the eastern side. The former Tanjong Katong Girls' School (TKGS) hall, Tanjong Katong Post Office and the Telecom Exchange Building are unique stand-alone buildings as well as familiar landmarks in the area.
The Architecture
64 Tanjong Katong Road
Located along Tanjong Katong Road, the area was given conservation status on 29 November 2004. It contains a two-storey Neo-Classical Style bungalow built in the 1930s. It plays a distinctive role in preserving the social memory of Tanjong Katong and strengthens the sense of identity that takes in a wider Tanjong Katong area.
65 Tanjong Katong Road
Yock Eng High School was founded in 1910 by the Hainanese community as a Chinese medium school. Originally, the school was located at Prinsep Street. However, as the enrollment of the school expanded, a larger school building along Tanjong Katong Road was built in the early 1940s. This two-storey building is designed in the Modern style with some Art Deco influences, and a key feature of the building is its distinctive octogonal clock tower which serves as a landmark in the area. The building was given conservation status on 8 April 2005.
110 & 112 Tanjong Katong Road
Located along Tanjong Katong Road, Our Lady Queen of Peace Roman Catholic Church was given conservation status on 8 April 2005. Two buildings have been conserved - the Main Church Building, which was completed in 1953, as well as the 2-storey Parish Hall, which was added in 1963. Both buildings are sensitively designed in the Modern style, and are good examples of the architecture of the period.
Guidelines and Procedures
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[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.