URA/CUD Plan Release 4/2008E Street Block Plan For Hse Nos. 65, 69 & 70 Mohamed Sultan Road, 20, 22, 38 & 50 Martin Road, 11 Arnasalam Chetty Road And 9 Muthuraman Chetty Road (River Valley Planning Area)

Hse. Nos. 65, 69 & 70 Mohamed Sultan Road;
38 (Lot TS21 662A) & 50 Martin Road; and 9 Muthuraman Chetty Road

Hse. Nos. 20 & 22 Martin Road

Hse. Nos. 38 Martin Road (Lots TS21 99331N, 99329X & 968V); and
11 Arnasalam Chetty Road

1

Land Use*

Residential with Commercial at 1st Storey

Commercial

Residential

Residential use can also be considered, subject to formal approval of the rezoning.^

N.A.

2

Gross Plot Ratio

Maximum 2.8

3

Building Height

Maximum 15 storeys

4

Building Setback / Building Edge#

Developments are to be built up to abut the lines of Road Reserve along Mohamed Sultan Road, Martin Road, Arnasalam Chetty Road, Narayanan Chetty Road and Muthuraman Chetty Road to a minimum height of 1 storey.

For Hse. Nos. 65, 69 & 70 Mohamed Sultan Road and 20 Martin Road, the common boundaries of developments are to have a 1-storey minimum party wall to complete the building edge, up to a maximum height to match the height of the existing party wall of the adjacent development, with set back to comply with the prevailing Development Control Guidelines at the upper levels. Any party wall that is exposed as an external wall must not have any openings.

Fronting Narayanan Chetty Road and Muthuraman Chetty Road, developments can either be built up to abut the lines of Road Reserve to a minimum height of 1 storey OR be set back to comply with the prevailing Development Control Guidelines with no covered walkway.

At all other rear and side boundaries, developments are to be set back to comply with the prevailing Development Control Guidelines.

All new developments and major addition & alteration works are required to be set back to the safeguarded line of Road Reserve at the front, side and rear.

5

Covered Walkway / Linkway

A minimum 3.6m wide (and 3.0m clear) continuous covered walkway is to be provided to abut the lines of Road Reserve along Mohamed Sultan Road and Martin Road; and
A minimum 3.0m wide (and 2.4m clear) continuous covered walkway is to be provided to abut the lines of Road Reserve along Arnasalam Chetty Road, Narayanan Chetty Road and Muthuraman Chetty Road.

The covered walkways / linkways are:

1. To have a maximum external soffit height of 3.6m. Higher soffit heights can be considered, subject to the provision of drop-panels or the width of the walkway being increased to match the higher height. This is to ensure adequate weather protection for pedestrians during inclement weather;

2. To abut, open out onto and match the level of the open walkways within the adjacent Road Reserves and the covered walkways of the adjacent developments;

3. To be at a constant level throughout the entire length;

4. Where there are differences in level with the adjacent open walkways or the covered walkways of abutting developments, ramps must be built to mediate the differences. Steps are only allowed for steep gradients where ramping is not possible; and

5. Where there is a level difference between the covered walkway and the 1st storey of the development, ramps or steps between the two levels must be built within the 1st storey level of the development and not along the covered walkway.

6

Roofscape

Roof areas are to be well-designed and attractive when viewed from the surrounding developments.

For flat roofs, roof parapet walls may be built to a maximum height of 1m. However, architectural features on such walls that exceed this limit will be evaluated on a case-by-case basis.

7

Service Areas

All service areas, mechanical and electrical (M&E) equipment, water tanks, car parking lots, etc., are to be located within, and be fully integrated into, the building envelope and visually well-screened from the top and on all sides. For more details on screening requirements, please refer to the Circular dated 6 Sep 2004.

8

Car Parking

Sufficient car parking spaces are to be provided within the site boundary of the development to meet the needs of the proposed uses. The provision of car parking spaces is to comply with LTA’s requirements.

9

Vehicular Access

All vehicular access is to be taken from the local access roads, Arnasalam Chetty Road, Narayanan Chetty Road or Muthuraman Chetty Road.

1

Building Setback / Building Edge#

Developments are required to be set back at the rear and side boundaries abutting the boundary of the streetblock to comply with the prevailing Development Control Guidelines for residential developments.
Developments can either be built up to abut the lines of Road Reserve to a minimum height of 1 storey or be set back to comply with the prevailing Development Control Guidelines for residential developments except for:
Hse. Nos. 65, 69 & 70 Mohamed Sultan Road and
20 Martin Road
Where the adjacent developments have existing party walls, the development is to have a 1-storey minimum party wall to complete the building edge, up to a maximum height to match the height of the existing party wall of the adjacent development.

2

Covered Walkway / Linkway

The development is to comply with the requirements for provision of continuous covered walkways of the minimum required widths to abut the lines of Road Reserves, as detailed in Table 1. Where the development is set back, continuous covered linkways of the minimum required widths are to be provided to abut the lines of Road Reserve.