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Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA)

Innovative and Active Community; Diverse and Creative Jobs & Spaces

Building upon our existing polycentric model, Paya Lebar Air Base (PLAB) will become a distinctive job node to bring employment closer to homes.

Last updated 23 June 2026

By strategically connecting the surrounding towns and extending existing networks into the site, we will tap on synergies to reinforce PLAB as an important eastern job node. Planned to be people-centric, moving around and across PLAB will be safe and efficient, promoting an active lifestyle for all.

Connecting surrounding communities

The future PLAB will be a connector to improve movement across the site from East to West. The area will be well connected with the rest of the island via the future Cross Island Line. The area is also surrounded by established housing estates with various amenities and a dense cycling and park connector network that will be extended into the site.

Map of Punggol region, Singapore showing development growth, green corridors, transit lines, and development nodes. See legend for details.

Bridging over KPE

By bridging over KPE, we can create a safe network for walking and cycling that is separated from vehicular traffic. There could be opportunities to explore active communal spaces and pockets under the roadway as well. 

Ensuring efficient movement and active spaces for people

Envisioned as a town where it is safe for all ages to move about within and across neighbourhoods, PLAB could adopt a superblocks model which aims to reclaim public space for people by reducing vehicular lanes. Within neighbourhoods, only AVs and active mobility will be allowed.

Active spaces

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Pedestrians pathways

Woven into and across neighbourhoods at the ground level and across buildings where feasible.

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Communal greens

Green communal spaces connected by pedestrian pathways.

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AV mobility

AVs will ferry people across longer distances and enter the neighbourhood through a loop path to drop off and pick up passengers.

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Bicycle mobility

Bicycle lanes border the neighbourhood to bring people in and across neighbourhoods with docking stations at every residential block.

Enabling smart, flexible and diverse work spaces

In the future, PLAB could see more vertical integration of various uses to enhance accessibility to amenities, jobs and recreational spaces.

A master plan with a color-coded legend denoting different types of land use like residential, commercial, parks, and roads.

It could also tap on smart technologies to improve convenience to services and data.

"Runway for Your Imagination" Ideas Competition

Between 2019-2020, URA, Singapore Institute of Architects (SIA) and Singapore Institute of Planners (SIP) launched an Ideas Competition called “Runway for Your Imagination” inviting design professionals, students and members of the public to contribute fresh ideas of what they wish to see at the redeveloped PLAB in future. Read about their interesting ideas [PDF, 2.29 MB]. 

SIA / SIP Consultancy

Find out more about a second Concept Master Plan [PDF, 1.20 MB] from the SIA and SIP.