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Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA)
Circulars

Revised Height Controls For Flats And Condominiums

24 April 2000

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Circular No : URA/PB/2000/08 - DCD

Our Ref : DC 602/11-11

Who Should Know:
Professional Institutes

  1. URA is pleased to announce that the storey height limits for flat and condominium housing developments in many areas have been increased to allow for more flexibility in design and to free up more space for communal use.

  2. Currently, the maximum plot ratio and storey height allowed for a site usually follow some standard typologies, which are stipulated in the Development Guide Plans (DGPs). For example, a residential development with a Gross Plot Ratio (GPR) of 1.4 is generally related to a building height of 4 storeys. The other standard typologies are shown in the table below. However, in areas where there are urban design requirements (e.g. along the Singapore River), technical height controls or security sensitivities, the building height in these areas could vary from the standard typology.

  3. With immediate effect, the storey height for the various standard typologies are revised to as follows (subject to compliance with technical height controls):

Table: Standard GPR / Storey Height Typologies

Gross Plot Ratio 

Storey Height Control 

Existing 

Revised 

1.4 

4 

5

1.6

10 

12 

2.1 

20 

24 

2.8 

30 

36 

>2.8 

>30 

> 36 

  1. Increasing the allowable storey height for flats and condominium housing developments would allow developers and their architects more opportunities to introduce better landscaping and recreational facilities as there would be less site coverage.

  2. The increase in storey height would only apply to sites that conform to the standard typologies in the above table. Sites that do not conform to any of these standard typologies above (e.g. GPR 2.8 / 20-storeys) would continue to be controlled at the height stipulated in the DGPs. Other examples are sites where the heights are ‘subject to detailed planning’, ‘subject to evaluation’, where there are streetblock controls, conservation areas, etc.

  3. In addition, the revised plot ratio and building height typologies will NOT be applied o the area within the vicinity of the Singapore Botanical Gardens (see attached Map), where the current height restrictions would remain to protect the visual amenity of the Singapore Botanical Gardens.

  4. I would appreciate it if you could convey the contents of this circular to the relevant members of your organization.

  5. If you or your members have any queries concerning this circular, please do not hesitate to call our DCD Customer Service Hotline at Tel: 2234811. We would be pleased to answer your queries on this and other development control matters. For your information, the past circulars to the professional institutes are available from our website at http:// (opens in new tab)www.ura.gov.sg (opens in new tab).  

Thank You.

FOO CHEE SEE
DIRECTOR (DEVELOPMENT CONTROL)
For CHIEF PLANNER
URBAN REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY

Height Control Around Singapore Botanic Gardens