Educational Institution
Check the Development Control guidelines for educational institutions.
Last updated on 6 June 2026
The guidelines set out in this handbook for the various development control parameters will generally be applied by URA in the consideration of a development application. However, if the circumstances of a case or the planning considerations relevant to a case so warrant, URA may in its discretion decide to depart from these general guidelines. Persons intending to carry out a development are advised to take this into consideration in the conduct of their affairs and check with URA through enquiries or development applications to confirm if their proposals can be allowed.
The guidelines, principles and illustrations found in the handbook series are not exhaustive in covering all possible site conditions and building designs. In evaluating the development applications, URA reserves the right to evaluate and impose conditions not covered in the handbook in respond to the specific design of the development proposal depending on merits.
Introduction
Educational Institutions comprise educational facilities like kindergartens, primary/secondary schools, polytechnics, junior colleges, institutes of technical education, training institutes, universities, foreign system schools and special education schools. They are primarily for educational purposes and are zoned “Educational Institution” (EI) in the Master Plan.
For planning purposes, dancing schools, computer schools, tuition centres are treated as commercial schools. As such, they are zoned “Commercial” in the Master Plan. Commercial schools and tuition centres are therefore not allowed in EI zone.
The planning parameters and guidelines here are applicable to all EI developments.