Form DC 3

i.

Every formal application for the erection of buildings / amendments to approved plans must be made on the prescribed application form.

ii.

The application form must be accompanied by a letter of authorisation or endorsement from the owner/s of the land. Where an option to purchase the land has been exercised, the application must be accompanied by a letter from the owner or the owner's solicitor.

iii.

The application must be accompanied by the Land Title Declaration Form.

iv.

All statistical entries to the form must be clearly annotated.

v.

Every application for erections that fall within the following planning areas must be accompanied with a copy of the plan submission checklist for urban design guidelines. Please download the Checklist here [DOC, 45.00 KB].

• Downtown Core

• Marina South

• Marina East

• Museum

• Newton

• Orchard

• Outram

• River Valley

• Rochor

• Singapore River

• Straits View

i.

Proposal Plan

a.

The proposal plan must be a true cadastral and topographical representation of the land concerned in the application, clearly indicating the existing building(s) and the proposed additions and alterations in distinctive colours.

b.

The proposal plan shall be drawn to scale as appropriate. Building (existing and proposed extension) setbacks from the lot boundaries need to be clearly indicated.

c.

If additional car parks are required, they shall be clearly demarcated on the proposal plan or the sketch plan depending on their location.

d.

The following particulars must be clearly shown on the Proposal Plan:

• the boundary of all lands in the application should be verged in red.

• all proposed new plot boundaries must be shown by firm lines with dimensions.

• all encroaching or redundant buildings must be shown with the phrase "To be demolished".

• all building plots and parcels of land for vesting such as corner splays, road widening, open spaces, new street reserves, backlanes, service roads, electric substation sites, etc should be shown as separate plots;

• all new works should be coloured according to the guidelines attached;

• details of each building or types of building and the number of storeys; and

• the widening or the diversion of an existing street must be shown as a new street line with its centre line plotted and its width dimensioned.

e.

If the development is for detached houses, linked houses, semi-detached houses and terrace houses, the plot area of each dwelling unit is to be indicated on the proposal plans and in the case of detached houses and linked houses, the site coverage of each unit is to be indicated.

ii.

Sketch plan

a.

Sketch floor and elevational plans shall be drawn to scale as appropriate.

b.

The proposed additions and alterations to the existing building(s) shall be clearly indicated with distinctive colours in the sketch floor and elevational plan.

c.

The use of the existing building(s) and the proposed extension shall be indicated on the sketch floor plans.