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Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA)
Inform (Guidelines)

Revision to the Guidelines on Civil Penalty

1 September 2009

Civil penalty is payable for the retention of unauthorised structures or uses that can be allowed under prevailing guidelines. The revised guidelines on the amount of civil penalty fees payable will correlate with the extent of works to be retained.

A simplified 3-tier banding system according to the amount of GFA involved and severity of the unauthorised retention works will be used to compute the fees. The amount of civil penalty payable for retention of unauthorised works is summarised in the table below.

Table 1: Civil penalty computation

Band

Total floor area occupied by unauthorised retention works

Civil Penalty Fees to be Imposed
(as multiple of Processing Fee)

Without enforcement records

With enforcement record

I

0m2 to ≤ 50m2

1x

2x

II

50m2 to ≤ 150m2

4x

8x

III

>150m2

6x

12x

For cases involving applicant trying to deceive the authorities (e.g. By concealing works during inspections) regardless of extent of retention works

Up to 25x or $150,000 whichever is lower

See circular for more details.

Note: All Best Practice articles are only for general information. We strongly advise readers to read the relevant circulars we issue to professional institutes for full and accurate information on development control matters as these will continue to take precedence.

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