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Generally, making alterations or additions to your landed-titled property would require a planning permission from the Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) if the proposed works involve an increase in Gross Floor Area (GFA).
Land-titled Residential Property
Depending on the nature of renovation for your terrace, semi-detached or detached house, you may need to apply for a planning permission. Depending on the nature of renovation for your terrace, semi-detached or detached house, you may need to apply for a planning permission.
Inside the Landed-titled Property
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Enlarging the rooms
Planning permission is not required for enlarging the existing rooms in your landed house.
Relocating the rooms
Planning permission is not required for changing the position of the rooms if it does not change the primary residential use.
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Balcony
Planning permission is required to close up “open balconies”.
Planning permission is not required to close up approved balconies by glass panels or windows in landed housing development if such balconies are already approved as “covered balconies” and thus comply with the setback requirements.
Car-porch Roof
Planning permission is not required to convert a car porch roof for use as an open balcony or garden if your project meets the following requirements:
- the parapet wall at the perimeter of the car porch is not higher than 1m;
- the materials for the parapet wall shall be visually porous (e.g. tempered glass parapet and metal railings); and
- the light-weight screen wall along the common boundary is not higher than 1.8m.
Doors and Windows
Planning permission is not required for replacing or changing the windows and doors if:
- there is no increase in GFA;
- there is no reduction in setback; and
- it does not involve changing the position of the window.
Roof
Planning permission is not required to re-construct a roof in its existing form with no increase in height.
Uncovered roof garden is allowed provided the activities in the garden do not cause nuisance to neighbours.
Outside the Landed-titled Property
Boundary Wall
Planning permission is not required when the boundary wall is not higher than 1.8m.
Earthworks
Planning permission is required for all proposed earthcut and/or earthfill.
Proposed earthworks is to respect the existing terrain of the site as much as possible in relation to the surrounding areas.
i. Within setback distances
Earthcut or earthfill is generally not allowed within the setback distances of the site except for the following:
- When the proposed earthcut or earthfill is to match the existing platform levels of the neighbouring sites;
- When the sites are on undulating or sloping terrain, with large differences in platform levels within the site, or between the site and the road in order to create a workable platform level; and
- When the earthcut is necessary to build a fully submerged basement to abut the site boundaries.
ii. Within the build-able area (e.g. outside the setback distances)
Earthcut or earthfill within the buildable area of more than 1m are subject to evaluation on a case by case basis. If the earthfill of more than 1m is allowed, the earthfilled area will not be counted as an additional storey as long as the overall aggregate building height complies with the maximum allowable building height measured from the allowable platform level.
iii. Entire development site
Earthfill involving the entire development site may only be considered if the proposed earthworks are required to meet the technical requirements of the Drainage Department. Such earthfill would be allowed up to the Minimum Platform Level (MPL) stipulated by the Drainage Department.
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Enclosures in the landed-titled property
Planning permission is not required for construction of gates, walls, fences or other enclosures if the structures are not higher than 1.8m.
Meter Compartment of the landed-titled property
Planning permission is not required to build a meter compartment if it is not larger than 0.9m wide x 0.6m deep and it forms part of the boundary wall.
Pavilion at the landed-titled property
Planning permission is required for a new pavilion.
Pavilion should be single-storey, freestanding and unenclosed on all sides with lightweight roofing. Roof eaves and columns are to be located at least 2.4m from the road reserve and at least 2m from the common boundaries.
Swimming Pool at a landed-titled property
Planning permission is not required to change the shape of a swimming pool when it does not increase the size of the pool nor reduce the existing in setbacks.
Planning permission is required to redevelop an existing landed-titled property into more than one landed property.
Types of Landed Properties
The types of landed properties you can redevelop to depend on the housing form(s) safeguarded in the designated landed housing area plan. The number of houses you can redevelop depends on the type of landed property and the corresponding minimum plot size and minimum plot width. Your proposed reconstruction or redevelopment must comply with prevailing Development Control Parameters. You also have to comply with technical requirements by other Government agencies.
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