Singapore News Headlines
09 November, 2018 Friday
LTA to allow fewer carpark spaces in private developments from Feb 2019
The Land Transport Authority (LTA) announced 5 new areas in Singapore, gazetted for development as car-lite precincts, 1. Marina South
2. Kampong Bugis
3. Woodlands North
4. Bayshore
5. Jurong Lake District
The precincts will have greater connectivity to public transport and alternative options such as walking, cycling and personal mobility devices (PMD).
The provision for private vehicle parking for developments in these areas will be determined by the LTA on a case-by-case basis.
Central Business District (CBD) and Marina Bay areas
The reduction ranges from 20 to 50 per cent from existing standards.
Commercial and private residential developments as well as non-residential white sites will be affected.
This would mean, for example, that an office building in the Central Business District (CBD) with a gross floor area (GFA) of 100,000 sqm - which would previously be required to offer 222 car parking lots - would now be allowed between 105 and 169 lots.
Outside the CBD and Marina Bay, but within 400m of an MRT or LRT station
Commercial developments will be allowed to offer up to 50 per cent fewer car parking lots.
Developments will be allowed to offer up to 20 per cent fewer parking lots.
Non-residential developments will also be required to have motorcycle parking, which should take up at least 5 per cent of the lower bound of their total car and motorcycle parking allocation.
Penalties
The new requirements will apply to all new developments, as well as redevelopments and selected alterations or change of use for existing properties.
Those who do not meet these standards may incur charges of $16,000 per car parking lot, or $5,500 per motorcycle lot above or below the allowable range.
News edited from The Business Times, Channel News Asia
2. Kampong Bugis
3. Woodlands North
4. Bayshore
5. Jurong Lake District
The precincts will have greater connectivity to public transport and alternative options such as walking, cycling and personal mobility devices (PMD).
The provision for private vehicle parking for developments in these areas will be determined by the LTA on a case-by-case basis.
Central Business District (CBD) and Marina Bay areas
The reduction ranges from 20 to 50 per cent from existing standards.
Commercial and private residential developments as well as non-residential white sites will be affected.
This would mean, for example, that an office building in the Central Business District (CBD) with a gross floor area (GFA) of 100,000 sqm - which would previously be required to offer 222 car parking lots - would now be allowed between 105 and 169 lots.
Outside the CBD and Marina Bay, but within 400m of an MRT or LRT station
Commercial developments will be allowed to offer up to 50 per cent fewer car parking lots.
Developments will be allowed to offer up to 20 per cent fewer parking lots.
Non-residential developments will also be required to have motorcycle parking, which should take up at least 5 per cent of the lower bound of their total car and motorcycle parking allocation.
Penalties
The new requirements will apply to all new developments, as well as redevelopments and selected alterations or change of use for existing properties.
Those who do not meet these standards may incur charges of $16,000 per car parking lot, or $5,500 per motorcycle lot above or below the allowable range.
News edited from The Business Times, Channel News Asia
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