Govt reviewing land-use policies and planning guidelines

Singapore

A number of Singapore government agencies are working together to review land-use policies and planning guidelines to facilitate flexibility in land use, the Ministry of National Development (MND) has said.

"The implementation details are being finalised, and we will share them when ready," it said.

The brief comments came in response to queries from The Business Times following the call by the Committee on the Future Economy (CFE) for greater land-use flexibility by allowing complementary activities to be located near each other; this way, value chains and industries can be integrated and synergies enabled among developments in a precinct.

The CFE also proposed that flexibility of land use be allowed in industrial areas, given the blurring line between services and manufacturing; it added that this will open the way for businesses of different sectors and functions to co-lo…