PROCESSING FEE STRUCTURE FOR DEVELOPMENT APPLICATIONS SUBMITTED VIA CORENET X

Circular No : URA/PB/2024/02-DCG

Our Ref : DC/ADMIN/CIRCULAR/PB_24

CIRCULAR TO PROFESSIONAL INSTITUTES

Who Should Know:
Building owners, developers, and architects

Effective Date:
With immediate effect

1. URA has updated the processing fee structure for development application (“DA”) submitted via CORENET X (“CX”), by apportioning the fees payable at the respective Gateways. There is no change to the fee structure for DAs made under CORENET 2.0 (“CN2”).

DA Processing Fees Submitted via CX

2. Under the current fee structure, DA processing fees as laid out in the Fee Schedule is payable upfront for each application to URA under CN2.

3. Under the Regulatory Approval Process for Building Works (RABW), applicants are guided to make two separate applications to URA via CX [i.e. Design Gateway (DG) and Construction Gateway (CG)]. Accordingly, DA processing fees in the Fee Schedule will also be apportioned accordingly at the respective Gateways. Specifically, 50% of the processing fees will be payable upon DG submission, and the remaining 50% to be paid upon CG submission.

4. Overall, the total DA processing fee payable for submissions at the two Gateways will be the same as a submission made under CN2 currently. The updated fee structure for CX submissions would benefit the industry by spacing out financial commitment and cashflow for development projects.

5. For DA submitted via Direct Submission Process, processing fees as stipulated in the Fee Schedule will be payable at the point of submission.

Resubmission Fees under CX

6. Currently, resubmission fees are payable for the 2^nd and each subsequent resubmission for DAs, based on 50% of the fees paid at the new submission stage.

7. To allow some flexibility for transition to RABW under CX, resubmission fees will only be payable for the third and each subsequent resubmission at each Gateway for submissions made via CX. The resubmission fee amount will be pegged at 50% of the DA processing fees paid at the respective Gateway. See Appendix 1 [PDF, 69 KB] ↗ (opens in new tab) for an example of resubmission fee computation.

8. The above resubmission fee structure under CX will be effective until end 2025, and will be further reviewed then.

Implementation

9. The updated processing fee structure for DAs submitted via CX will take immediate effect. For DAs submitted under CN2, the current fee structure will continue to apply.

10. For applicants who have already submitted their application via CN2 and have obtained a decision e.g. Grant of Provisional Permission (PP), they can transit to CX within the validity of the PP and make a submission under Construction Gateway without incurring additional DA processing fees. The processing fee paid upfront as part of the application submitted via CN2 will be used to offset the fees payable at Construction Gateway. Resubmission fees under CX, if any, will be computed based on the approach in para 7 above.

11. The updated Fees Schedule (2024) is attached in the Appendix 2 [PDF, 339 KB] ↗ (opens in new tab). It can also be downloaded from our website.

12. I would appreciate it if you could convey the contents of this circular to the relevant members of your organisation. If you or your members have any queries concerning this circular, please email ↗ (opens in new tab) us.

Thank You.

GOH CHIN CHIN (MS)
GROUP DIRECTOR (DEVELOPMENT CONTROL)
for CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
URBAN REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY